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 Well, once again, in this season of not being able to sing publicly, I will quote from another

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 song for us, as I've done in the last couple of days. Monday morning feels so bad, everybody

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 seems to nag me. Coming Tuesday, I feel better, even my old man looks good. Wednesday, just don't

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 go. Thursday goes too slow. I've got Friday on my mind. Going to have fun in the city, to

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 be with my girl. She's so pretty. She looks fine. She's out of sight to me. Tonight I spend

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 my bread. Tonight I lose my head. Tonight I've got to get to bed. On Monday, I've got Friday

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 on my mind. Now, for those history buffs amongst us, those musical history buffs amongst us,

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 you will know that that is the most popular song, voted the most popular song in Australia

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 for all time. Friday on my mind by the Easy Beats. Easy Beats. Easy Beats. Easy Beats. It

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 catches the song. The reason why they reckon it is so popular in our country or has been

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 so popular in our country is that it catches something of the Aussie psychic. From the day

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 I start working on Monday, I'm looking forward to the day I finish working on Friday. I just

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 want this whole work thing to be over and done with. Many years ago in London, they did a survey

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 of why the show Home and Away was so popular in England. And to everyone's surprise, it wasn't

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 the acting. Number one rank was because no one appears to be working. Early retirement is

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 a goal in our country. And yet, very few of us would say that we are lazy. Very few of us

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 would say that we are in fact lazy. We're busy. Up early, up late, even those who are retired

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 often talk about life is just as busy now. The schedule is filled from beginning to end.

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 And so we would naturally react to any accusations at all of being lazy. We're busy. That is until

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 it's possible we see that our busyness is an expression of our laziness. And not diligence. That is,

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 there's a difference between busyness and fruitfulness. We can be simultaneously busy and lazy.

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 at the same time. That is, it's quite possible to be a hectic slug.

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 Busyness does not mean I am diligent or faithful or fruitful. And it seems that that passage that

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 Kel just read out to us from Thessalonians, that there were some there who were genuinely lazy.

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 2 Corinthians, sorry, 2 Thessalonians 3.11, we hear that some among you are idle. They are not busy.

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 They are busy bodies. That is, there are some in the church who are sitting back, taking it easy,

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 simply cruising through. It's not that they can't work. It's just that they refuse to work. And in the

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 context of 2 Thessalonians, it's not necessarily that they refuse just to work in the sense of getting a

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 job and earning their keep. That's part of what's happening there. But it's also they refuse

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 to pay their part in the body of believers and make a contribution to the life of the believers.

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 And Paul commands the Thessalonians to keep away from such people in verse 6.

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 That's how serious he sees this matter.

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 In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers, to keep away from every brother who is

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 idle and does not live according to the teaching that you receive from us. They are not busy. They

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 are busy bodies, using their time to poke into other people's business. They are vultures, not just

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 feeding on their brother's food, but in fact on their lives as well. In the end, Paul's perspective

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 on laziness is about having a Christian perspective on life. This is not about having a strong Protestant

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 work ethic. That's not what this passage is about. It's about living daily with a kingdom of God mindset.

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 This is a spiritual issue. And I think that's why in verse 13, Paul goes on to say,

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 And as for you, brothers, never tire of doing what is right.

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 What he's saying there is, it's not just about, you know, get out of bed and get a job.

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 He's actually saying, get busy with what is right. Get busy in pursuing the kingdom of God.

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 So it's not just a simply a call to be busy. It's be busy doing the kingdom.

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 What is right. What he's saying here is, it's quite possible for you to be

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 the busiest person in the world. You know, you're working seven days a week. You're a workaholic.

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 And yet to be a lazy procrastinator in the kingdom of God at the same time.

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 It is a hectic kingdom slug.

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 Procrastination means I can be busy neglecting the most important work and busy knocking out

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 to-do list after to-do list, filled with tasks of secondary importance.

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 So what I want to do this morning is something a little bit different.

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 I want to get some inspiration for us from the past.

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 The New Testament letter to the Hebrews is written to a bunch of Christians who are losing sight of what it means to follow Jesus in all of their life.

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 And the most famous section of the letter is the bit from chapter 11, 1 through to 12, verse 3.

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 It's the section about the great examples of faith, the great cloud of witnesses that the writer of the Hebrews points these people to,

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 the recipients of this letter, to look to as people who have run the race of perseverance.

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 They have endured.

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 He's hoping to inspire the Hebrews with examples of those who have gone before them to be faithful, focused disciples of the Lord Jesus,

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 despite the distractions and the persecutions and the difficulties.

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 And chapter 12, verse 1 in Hebrews is the main application of the section.

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 In fact, it's one word is the main application of that whole section.

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 It's a three-letter command in chapter 12, verse 1 that says,

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 run, run.

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 Everything else supports it, explains it, give motivation for it.

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 Run the race set before you.

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 Now, what a command to a church that was getting old, was settling into the world, losing its wartime mentality,

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 starting to drift through life without focus, without vigilance, without energy.

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 Their hands were growing weak, we are told in chapter 12, verse 12.

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 Their knees were feeble.

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 It was just easier to meander through the crowd in life rather than run the race of perseverance, of faith in Jesus Christ.

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 And so against this mentality, the writer to Hebrews calls the church to endure, to persevere, to run, to fight, to be alert, to be strengthened.

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 Don't drift.

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 Don't neglect.

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 Don't be sluggish.

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 Don't stroll.

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 Don't meander.

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 Don't wander aimlessly.

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 Don't take your eternal security for granted.

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 Run.

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 Run.

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 Run.

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 Run as in a race with a finish line, with everything hanging on that finish line.

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 Run.

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 Fight the fight of faith on the basis of Christ's spectacular death and resurrection.

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 Run.

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 Now, we need help here.

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 We are so easily distracted in our modern world.

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 And so I want to turn to someone who would have been included in Hebrews 11 list of faithful had the list extended into the 18th century.

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 That's my task for us today.

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 I want to look.

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 I love biography.

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 I love getting close to mostly dead people.

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 And to look at their life and how they ran the race of endurance right to the end.

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 And so I want to take us to Jonathan Edwards.

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 A life on the run.

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 Jonathan Edwards was born October 5, 1703.

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 He died on March 22, 1758.

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 He was a preacher, theologian, a missionary to Native Americans.

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 Edwards is considered now by both secular and evangelical historians alike

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 as the greatest Protestant thinker that America has ever produced.

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 That's an astounding claim from both secular and evangelical scholars.

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 He was a small town pastor for 23 years in a church of about 600 people.

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 He was a missionary to Native Americans for about seven years.

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 And the president of Princeton University for a few months just before he died.

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 He reared 11 faithful children.

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 I'm contributing his wife to part of that as well at least.

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 He worked without the help of electricity, without word processors, without emails, without iPhones,

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 and even without sufficient paper to write on.

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 And he lived only until he was 54.

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 I'm 51 now, so three more years longer than me.

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 That's all he had.

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 And yet this man was used by God to lead one of the greatest spiritual awakenings of modern times.

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 He wrote theological books that had ministered for more than 200 years across cultures

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 and did more for the modern missionary movement than any person of his generation.

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 Now, as a teenager, Edwards, mark that, as a teenager, Edwards wrote down 70 resolutions

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 that would govern his life and to help cultivate growth in grace.

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 As a teenager.

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 You can go online, Google it, Edwards resolutions, and you get a whole 70 of them there in front of you.

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 And he went on to re-read that list of resolutions at least once a week for the rest of his life

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 to keep his mind focused and his heart renewed week in and week out.

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 Now, these resolutions sustained him.

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 Sustained his vision of God and drove him to persevere and to grow as a disciple of Jesus.

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 That he would not become spiritually lazy.

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 Now, there are four of them that I want to...

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 Or four challenges.

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 I'll look at a few of the resolutions.

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 But four challenges from the life of Edwards that are designed to deal with

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 spiritual laziness and procrastination.

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 Firstly, Edwards challenges us to a radical, single-mindedness in our occupation with spiritual things.

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 Two of his resolutions that he made in 1723 when he wasn't yet 20 years old.

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 Resolution number 44.

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 Resolved.

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 That no other end but religion.

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 Now, when he says religion, what he means by that in his day and age,

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 what he means by that is Christianity, the Christian faith.

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 Resolved.

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 Resolved.

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 That no other end but religion shall have any influence at all in any of my actions.

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 And that no action shall be in the least circumstance any otherwise than the religious end will carry it.

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 Resolution 61.

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 Resolved.

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 That I will not give way to that listlessness which I find unbends and relaxes my mind.

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 In his day, he would call it technology possibly.

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 TV.

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 Will not give way to that listlessness which I find unbends and relaxes my mind from being fully and fixedly set on religion,

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 whatever excuse I may have for it.

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 I think that's the application of Paul's principle of 2 Timothy 2, 4 to 6 where he says,

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 no one serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs.

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 He wants to please his commanding officer.

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 Similarly, if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not receive the victor's crown unless he competes according to the rules.

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 The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops.

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 What happens, I think, for many of us in the busyness and the difficulty of life is we start to give way to amusements and diversions and hobbies.

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 Just to survive emotionally.

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 I'm not saying TV is evil.

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 Don't go through on brick through.

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 I'm not saying that at all.

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 Or hobbies are really bad.

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 I actually think you should have a balance in life.

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 What I'm saying is they become dominant.

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 They become escapes for us.

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 The evenings and the days off are filled with harmless, enjoyable diversions and then they take over and the whole focus changes for us.

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 The radical urgency of kingdom priorities fade.

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 The wartime mentality shifts to a peacetime mentality.

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 The lifestyle starts to get cushy.

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 The all-consuming singleness of vision starts to evaporate.

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 I mean, and this is a genuine question here.

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 How many Christians do you know that are laboring to know God?

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 I'm not asking how many do you know who are reading the Bible.

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 I'm asking how many Christians do you know who are actually laboring, striving to know God?

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 Who are striving earnestly in study and prayer to enlarge their vision of God?

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 So the first exaltation from Edwards is to be radically single-minded in our occupation of spiritual things.

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 Edwards' second challenge to labor earnestly to know the Bible itself, to know the scriptures.

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 That is, don't get your vision of God secondhand.

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 You know, don't even let Jonathan Edwards be your vision of God.

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 Don't let J.I. Packer or Tim Keller or even week in and week out preaching here at St. Paul's to be your vision of God.

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 This was an example that Edwards himself sets.

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 An early biographer of Edwards said this about him, that when he first came into his pastoral role in Northampton,

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 he said he had studied theology, not chiefly in systems or commentaries, but in the Bible.

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 Edwards himself once said in a sermon,

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 Be assiduous, that is, showing great care and perseverance.

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 In reading the holy scriptures, this is the fountain whence all knowledge in divinity must be derived.

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 Therefore, let not this treasure lie by you neglected.

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 He set an incredible example of this in his own diligence in studying the Bible himself.

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 What he did was, he took a Bible, he got a Bible, he took it apart, unbound the whole thing,

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 separated every page and put a separate blank page in between every other page,

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 and then bound the whole thing back up again.

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 He then drew a line down the center of each bank page, two columns for notes,

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 and on every single page he wrote extensive notes, extensive notes.

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 In fact, he wrote extensive notes this way,

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 and when he ran out of paper, he then wrote extensive notes the other way,

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 in a different color.

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 And I think there's a genuine reason to believe that Edwards really did follow through on his 28th resolution,

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 resolved to study the scriptures so steadily, constantly, and frequently,

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 as that I may find and plainly perceive myself to grow in the knowledge of the same.

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 I find that resolution to be a rebuke.

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 How many of us actually have a plan to grow in our grasp of the whole terrain of the Bible?

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 Do we labor over God's word in such a way that we can plainly see today

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 that we understand something in God's word about God that we did not understand yesterday?

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 Many of us might, maybe that's an overstatement,

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 some of us might work at reading books on theology and church life with a view to growing,

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 but have no plan and no sustained effort to move steadily and constantly forward

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 in our understanding of God's word because it enlarges our vision of God.

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 Study the Bible so steadily and constantly and frequently that you can clearly perceive yourself to grow in them.

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 So here's a bit of a challenge as we're looking forward to New Year's resolutions.

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 Even by the end of the day, write down something, at least one thing, if not several things,

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 of things that you'll grapple with in the Christian faith that I want this resolved when I get back here

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 and I reflected this in 12 months.

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 I want to move forward on that issue.

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 Resolution 11 is one of the reasons he made such amazing progress in the understanding of God.

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 It says, resolved.

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 When I think of any theorem in divinity to be solved,

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 immediately to do what I can towards solving it,

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 if circumstances do not hinder.

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 That is, Edwards was not a passive reader.

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 He read with a view of solving problems.

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 Most of us, I think, are cursed with a bent towards passive reading.

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 We read the way we watch a TV.

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 We don't ask questions as we read.

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 We don't ask, why does this sentence follow that sentence?

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 How does this paragraph relate to the one, three pages earlier?

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 We don't, we're passive.

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 We don't ferret out the order of thought or ponder the meaning of terms.

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 And if we see a problem, we habitually leave the problems to the experts.

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 Challenge number three, Edwards challenges to redeem the time

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 and to do what our hand finds to do with all of our might.

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 His sixth resolution for life was very simple and quite powerful.

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 Resolved to live with all my might while I do live.

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 That's pretty simple.

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 Resolution five was similar.

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 Resolved never to lose one moment of time,

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 but to improve it in the most profitable way I possibly can.

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 He was a great believer in doing what you could in the time you have

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 rather than putting things off to a more convenient time.

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 I'll get to that job tomorrow, that kind of thing.

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 He just focused on doing it now.

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 He was disciplined in mind, in body, and in every aspect.

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 He's habits and everything in life.

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 Edwards could spend up to 13 hours a day in his study,

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 which is why I attribute his wife to the raising of 11 faithful children.

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 He rose early, even for non-electrical days.

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 In fact, he was probably entirely serious, probably,

00:23:45.819 --> 00:23:49.039
 when he wrote in his diary in 1728,

00:23:49.899 --> 00:23:54.259
 I think Christ has recommended rising early in the morning

00:23:54.259 --> 00:23:57.659
 by his rising from the grave very early in the morning.

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 I commend for your consideration whether such care to maximize time and effectiveness

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:09.480
 in devotion to the pursuit of God in the word

00:24:09.480 --> 00:24:14.680
 was what the preacher meant when he says in Ecclesiastes 9, verse 10,

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:28.460
 Work with all of your might.

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:44.500
 Fourthly, the theological labor of Edwards challenges us to study for the sake of heartfelt worship

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:47.120
 and for practical obedience.

00:24:47.119 --> 00:24:52.939
 That is, the sweet marriage of reason and affection,

00:24:53.419 --> 00:24:57.599
 of thought and feeling, of head and heart,

00:24:57.959 --> 00:25:03.019
 of study and worship that took place in the life of Jonathan Edwards

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:06.299
 has been very rare since that day.

00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:16.399
 The final exhortation is to recover what the Puritans called logic on fire.

00:25:18.460 --> 00:25:22.839
 That is, the fire of joy and obedience.

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:29.299
 Edwards did not pursue a passion of God

00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:32.379
 because it was icing on the cake of faith.

00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:36.100
 For him, faith was grounded in a sense of God

00:25:36.100 --> 00:25:40.160
 which was more than what reason alone could ever deliver.

00:25:40.280 --> 00:25:43.840
 In other words, there is no avail merely

00:25:43.840 --> 00:25:46.720
 to believe that God is holy and merciful.

00:25:48.080 --> 00:25:49.800
 For Edwards, that was not enough.

00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:55.480
 For that belief to be of any saving value,

00:25:56.080 --> 00:26:01.600
 we must have a true delight in it for what it is in itself.

00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:06.540
 Otherwise, he says, as the Bible says,

00:26:07.460 --> 00:26:11.100
 knowledge of God that does not overflow into worship of God,

00:26:11.200 --> 00:26:12.740
 that's just what the devil has.

00:26:13.800 --> 00:26:14.760
 It's no different.

00:26:20.760 --> 00:26:23.140
 Does that mean all of his studying was in vain?

00:26:23.220 --> 00:26:23.760
 Not at all.

00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:25.240
 He said this,

00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:30.599
 the more you have a rational knowledge of divine things,

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:33.680
 the more opportunity will there be

00:26:33.680 --> 00:26:37.039
 when the spirit shall be breathed into your heart

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:40.039
 to see the excellency of these things

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:43.400
 and to taste the sweetness of these things.

00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:48.640
 that is the goal for Edwards is not just to know God

00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:51.740
 but to delight in him

00:26:51.740 --> 00:26:53.660
 to savour him

00:26:53.660 --> 00:26:55.840
 to relish him

00:26:55.840 --> 00:26:59.220
 for all of his intellectual might

00:26:59.220 --> 00:27:02.340
 and he had an incredible might intellectually

00:27:02.340 --> 00:27:06.300
 Edwards was the furthest thing you could imagine

00:27:06.300 --> 00:27:09.759
 from a cool, detached, neutral

00:27:09.759 --> 00:27:11.820
 disinterested academic

00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:18.059
 he was as intent on cultivating passion for God

00:27:18.059 --> 00:27:22.579
 as he was cultivating knowledge of God

00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:25.220
 and the two went together for him

00:27:25.220 --> 00:27:27.179
 he said

00:27:27.179 --> 00:27:31.619
 seek not to grow in knowledge chiefly for the sake of applause

00:27:31.619 --> 00:27:34.759
 and to enable you to dispute with others

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:39.439
 but seek it for the benefit of your souls

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:44.019
 and in order to practice according to what knowledge you have

00:27:44.019 --> 00:27:47.799
 this will be the way in fact to know more

00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:50.320
 he says the moment

00:27:50.320 --> 00:27:53.240
 the moment you study something

00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:54.500
 and you do

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:55.799
 and you grasp something

00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:56.820
 a knowledge of God

00:27:56.820 --> 00:27:59.440
 and you do not put that knowledge of God

00:27:59.440 --> 00:28:01.700
 into immediate effect in practice

00:28:01.700 --> 00:28:04.759
 he said that is when you cut yourself off

00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:06.700
 from discovering anything more from God

00:28:06.700 --> 00:28:14.580
 the greatest thing I think we can ever learn from Edwards

00:28:14.580 --> 00:28:19.900
 is that God is glorified

00:28:19.900 --> 00:28:22.000
 not mostly by being known

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:26.280
 nor by being dutifully obeyed

00:28:26.280 --> 00:28:28.640
 he is glorified most

00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:30.640
 by being enjoyed

00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:34.700
 he wrote this

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:36.500
 God is glorified

00:28:36.500 --> 00:28:38.660
 not only by his glory being seen

00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:42.660
 but by its being rejoiced in

00:28:42.660 --> 00:28:45.440
 when those who see it

00:28:45.440 --> 00:28:47.300
 delight in it

00:28:47.300 --> 00:28:50.340
 God is more glorified

00:28:50.340 --> 00:28:52.860
 than if they just see it

00:28:52.860 --> 00:28:55.400
 that is

00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:57.440
 the worship of God

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:59.160
 joy and delight

00:28:59.160 --> 00:29:01.900
 is the goal of a disciplined life

00:29:01.900 --> 00:29:03.880
 do you get that in Edwards

00:29:03.880 --> 00:29:06.440
 up until this point

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:06.900
 you could go

00:29:06.900 --> 00:29:08.340
 well this guy is just nuts

00:29:08.340 --> 00:29:11.100
 you're taking away all of my joy

00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:11.619
 and my happiness

00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:12.579
 and Edwards says

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.059
 no no no

00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:13.980
 you labor

00:29:13.980 --> 00:29:16.219
 you strive for joy

00:29:16.219 --> 00:29:22.799
 he says laziness

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:24.539
 procrastination

00:29:24.539 --> 00:29:25.579
 meandering

00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.159
 wandering

00:29:26.159 --> 00:29:27.159
 not running

00:29:27.159 --> 00:29:29.719
 robs you of delight in life

00:29:29.719 --> 00:29:32.839
 delight in God

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:39.639
 and so as we

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:41.980
 come to the end

00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:42.920
 of another year

00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:45.240
 and as we look forward

00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.900
 to the year

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.900
 that is to be

00:29:46.900 --> 00:29:47.520
 and as

00:29:47.520 --> 00:29:48.920
 just around the corner

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.600
 are things like

00:29:49.600 --> 00:29:50.720
 new year's resolutions

00:29:50.720 --> 00:29:52.160
 if you are someone

00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:53.120
 who's not in the habit

00:29:53.120 --> 00:29:54.480
 of doing new year's resolutions

00:29:54.480 --> 00:29:55.700
 can I ask you to change it

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:56.200
 this year

00:29:56.200 --> 00:29:58.080
 just for this one thing

00:29:58.080 --> 00:30:01.680
 step into a new year

00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.400
 with a plan

00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:03.140
 to run

00:30:03.140 --> 00:30:04.300
 run

00:30:04.300 --> 00:30:04.900
 run

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:06.080
 run with Jesus

00:30:06.080 --> 00:30:07.780
 in 2021

00:30:07.779 --> 00:30:10.220
 develop a plan

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:10.960
 to deal with

00:30:10.960 --> 00:30:12.000
 the procrastination

00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:13.899
 and grow

00:30:13.899 --> 00:30:14.740
 in grace

00:30:14.740 --> 00:30:15.539
 and knowledge

00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:16.460
 and joy

00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:17.119
 this year

00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:18.259
 this next year

00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:20.839
 friends

00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:21.740
 news of a terminal

00:30:21.740 --> 00:30:22.279
 illness

00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:23.920
 or attending

00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:24.500
 a funeral

00:30:24.500 --> 00:30:25.319
 often times

00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:26.299
 when we start

00:30:26.299 --> 00:30:27.319
 to focus on life

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:27.879
 and what it really

00:30:27.879 --> 00:30:28.379
 matters

00:30:28.379 --> 00:30:29.720
 in life

00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:30.920
 the beginning

00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:31.819
 of a new year

00:30:31.819 --> 00:30:32.599
 is in fact

00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:33.539
 a close third

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:34.799
 number three

00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:36.779
 we must labor

00:30:36.779 --> 00:30:37.339
 to ensure

00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:37.960
 that the most

00:30:37.960 --> 00:30:38.879
 important things

00:30:38.879 --> 00:30:39.680
 stay

00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:40.879
 the most important

00:30:40.879 --> 00:30:41.279
 things

00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:42.059
 be inspired

00:30:42.059 --> 00:30:42.919
 get some plans

00:30:42.919 --> 00:30:43.519
 in place

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:44.359
 to grow

00:30:44.359 --> 00:30:45.220
 in the important

00:30:45.220 --> 00:30:45.879
 don't coast

00:30:45.879 --> 00:30:46.539
 don't meander

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:48.039
 redeem the time

00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:50.200
 the big focus

00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:51.220
 for us as a church

00:30:51.220 --> 00:30:52.599
 for the next five years

00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:53.619
 is

00:30:53.619 --> 00:30:54.779
 for people

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.759
 the majority

00:30:55.759 --> 00:30:56.899
 of us as a church

00:30:56.899 --> 00:30:57.720
 to be able

00:30:57.720 --> 00:30:59.200
 to self-identify

00:30:59.200 --> 00:31:00.079
 that we have

00:31:00.079 --> 00:31:01.159
 grown much

00:31:01.159 --> 00:31:02.220
 in the faith

00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:02.980
 in the Lord Jesus

00:31:02.980 --> 00:31:07.720
 and

00:31:07.720 --> 00:31:10.519
 personal

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:11.279
 relationship

00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:12.279
 with him

00:31:12.279 --> 00:31:13.519
 in the Bible

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.640
 and in prayer

00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:15.779
 is

00:31:15.779 --> 00:31:16.559
 the most

00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:17.279
 significant

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:18.160
 first step

00:31:18.160 --> 00:31:20.940
 you will

00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:21.420
 not

00:31:21.420 --> 00:31:22.000
 grow

00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:23.960
 in knowledge

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:24.599
 of God

00:31:24.599 --> 00:31:26.319
 in delight

00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:26.980
 in God

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:27.819
 in joy

00:31:27.819 --> 00:31:28.960
 without engagement

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:29.440
 with him

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:30.160
 in his word

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:30.759
 and prayer

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:36.299
 and so

00:31:36.299 --> 00:31:37.339
 I've got a free book

00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:38.500
 for someone

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.079
 who wants to

00:31:39.079 --> 00:31:39.980
 start that journey

00:31:39.980 --> 00:31:41.960
 free book

00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:42.480
 from anyone

00:31:42.480 --> 00:31:43.140
 now if you're

00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:43.619
 online

00:31:43.619 --> 00:31:44.119
 you're going

00:31:44.119 --> 00:31:44.819
 oh man

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:48.220
 I've got one

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:48.799
 reserved

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:49.519
 for someone

00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.460
 online as well

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:51.599
 so you just

00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:52.400
 send me an email

00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:53.279
 drop a note

00:31:53.279 --> 00:31:54.000
 into St. Paul's

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:55.019
 and I will post it

00:31:55.019 --> 00:31:55.700
 to you with great

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.019
 delight

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:56.740
 this one here

00:31:56.740 --> 00:31:57.799
 this one

00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:59.380
 is

00:31:59.380 --> 00:32:00.720
 this one

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.359
 if you follow

00:32:01.359 --> 00:32:02.079
 it to its fullness

00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:02.960
 it will take you

00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:04.120
 through the entire

00:32:04.120 --> 00:32:04.559
 Bible

00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:05.620
 in one year

00:32:05.620 --> 00:32:07.700
 keep doing that

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.140
 for the next

00:32:08.140 --> 00:32:09.019
 five years

00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:09.880
 and you will

00:32:09.880 --> 00:32:11.120
 start to get

00:32:11.120 --> 00:32:13.099
 the scope

00:32:13.099 --> 00:32:14.180
 of God's word

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:15.400
 you will start

00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:16.380
 to see the landscape

00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:17.559
 you will start

00:32:17.559 --> 00:32:18.579
 to get deeper

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:19.000
 and deeper

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:19.599
 and knowledge

00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:19.920
 of him

00:32:19.920 --> 00:32:20.120
 yeah

00:32:20.120 --> 00:32:20.559
 did I say

00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:21.039
 five years

00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:21.200
 yes

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:21.799
 that's exactly

00:32:21.799 --> 00:32:22.339
 what I said

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:23.480
 five years

00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:26.339
 who wants it

00:32:26.339 --> 00:32:28.120
 I mean seriously

00:32:28.120 --> 00:32:29.059
 it's for free

00:32:29.059 --> 00:32:31.660
 thank you

00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:32.140
 Nolene

00:32:32.140 --> 00:32:33.740
 wonderful

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:39.099
 can I just say

00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:39.759
 one last

00:32:39.759 --> 00:32:40.120
 but very

00:32:40.120 --> 00:32:41.099
 significant point

00:32:41.099 --> 00:32:42.900
 this is

00:32:42.900 --> 00:32:45.339
 reading

00:32:45.339 --> 00:32:46.160
 from the

00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:46.519
 beginning

00:32:46.519 --> 00:32:47.240
 of

00:32:47.240 --> 00:32:47.940
 Edward's

00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:48.700
 resolutions

00:32:48.700 --> 00:32:50.360
 very important

00:32:50.360 --> 00:32:52.779
 being sensible

00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:54.039
 that I am

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:55.000
 unable to do

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:55.599
 anything

00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:56.460
 without God's

00:32:56.460 --> 00:32:56.720
 help

00:32:56.720 --> 00:32:58.339
 I do

00:32:58.339 --> 00:32:58.819
 humbly

00:32:58.819 --> 00:32:59.680
 entreat him

00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:00.220
 by his

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:00.680
 grace

00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:02.000
 to enable

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.440
 me to

00:33:02.440 --> 00:33:02.799
 keep

00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.220
 these

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:03.940
 resolutions

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:05.940
 so far

00:33:05.940 --> 00:33:06.299
 as they

00:33:06.299 --> 00:33:07.000
 are agreeable

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:07.480
 to his

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:07.819
 will

00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:09.539
 all

00:33:09.539 --> 00:33:10.460
 for the

00:33:10.460 --> 00:33:10.720
 sake

00:33:10.720 --> 00:33:11.359
 of Christ

00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:14.379
 Edwards

00:33:14.379 --> 00:33:14.980
 knew

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:16.200
 that

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:17.240
 even

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:17.920
 with all

00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:18.240
 his

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:18.940
 intellectual

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:19.700
 might

00:33:19.700 --> 00:33:21.580
 he

00:33:21.580 --> 00:33:21.940
 was

00:33:21.940 --> 00:33:22.539
 just

00:33:22.539 --> 00:33:22.920
 as

00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:23.299
 human

00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:23.660
 as

00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:23.960
 we

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:24.420
 are

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:25.660
 and

00:33:25.660 --> 00:33:25.840
 that

00:33:25.840 --> 00:33:26.039
 he

00:33:26.039 --> 00:33:26.319
 was

00:33:26.319 --> 00:33:26.799
 just

00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:27.039
 as

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.380
 likely

00:33:27.380 --> 00:33:27.740
 to be

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.240
 distracted

00:33:28.240 --> 00:33:28.680
 as

00:33:28.680 --> 00:33:29.180
 anyone

00:33:29.180 --> 00:33:29.779
 else

00:33:29.779 --> 00:33:31.519
 that

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:31.700
 is

00:33:31.700 --> 00:33:31.880
 he

00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:32.140
 knew

00:33:32.140 --> 00:33:32.440
 his

00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:32.799
 effort

00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:33.279
 alone

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:34.019
 would

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:34.340
 not

00:33:34.340 --> 00:33:34.559
 be

00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:34.819
 enough

00:33:34.819 --> 00:33:35.019
 to

00:33:35.019 --> 00:33:35.279
 carry

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:35.600
 him

00:33:35.600 --> 00:33:36.360
 his

00:33:36.360 --> 00:33:37.080
 personality

00:33:37.080 --> 00:33:37.819
 alone

00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:38.360
 would

00:33:38.360 --> 00:33:38.559
 not

00:33:38.559 --> 00:33:38.759
 be

00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:39.059
 enough

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:39.319
 to

00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:39.640
 carry

00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:39.860
 him

00:33:39.860 --> 00:33:40.059
 his

00:33:40.059 --> 00:33:40.680
 giftedness

00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:40.840
 from

00:33:40.840 --> 00:33:41.140
 God

00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:41.539
 alone

00:33:41.539 --> 00:33:42.019
 would

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:42.299
 not

00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:42.539
 be

00:33:42.539 --> 00:33:42.960
 enough

00:33:42.960 --> 00:33:43.180
 to

00:33:43.180 --> 00:33:43.519
 carry

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:43.779
 him

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:44.220
 it

00:33:44.220 --> 00:33:44.400
 is

00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:44.779
 only

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 by

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 God's

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 enabling

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 that

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 he

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 would

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 be

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 able

00:33:47.340 --> 00:33:47.860
 to stay

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 focused

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 on

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 what

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 was

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 the

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 important

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:50.960
 and

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 so

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 he

00:33:52.099 --> 00:33:52.720
 prayed

00:33:52.720 --> 00:33:54.420
 prayed

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 prayed

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 prayed

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 and

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 looked

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 to

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 God

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 for

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 enabling

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 for

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 that

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 giftedness

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 day in

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 and day

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 out

00:34:01.579 --> 00:34:01.960
 to stay

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 focused

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 he

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 prayed

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 for

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 God

00:34:05.819 --> 00:34:06.160
 to

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 enable

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 him

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 to

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 stay

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 the

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 course

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 and

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 not

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:09.679
 deviate

00:34:09.679 --> 00:34:09.940
 his

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.320
 life

00:34:10.320 --> 00:34:10.559
 into

00:34:10.559 --> 00:34:11.059
 trivia

00:34:11.059 --> 00:34:11.860
 and

00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:12.559
 irrelevancies

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 let's

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 pray

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 our

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 gracious

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:16.800
 and most

00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:17.219
 merciful

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 heavenly

00:34:17.659 --> 00:34:18.159
 father

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:19.859
 you

00:34:19.859 --> 00:34:20.279
 tell us

00:34:20.279 --> 00:34:20.579
 in your

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:20.839
 word

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 in

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 Romans

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 15

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 verse

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 4

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 that

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 whatever

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 was

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 written

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 in

00:34:24.659 --> 00:34:25.039
 former

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 days

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 was

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 written

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 for

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 our

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 instruction

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 that

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 through

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 endurance

00:34:31.379 --> 00:34:32.339
 and

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 through

00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:32.879
 the

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 encouragement

00:34:33.460 --> 00:34:33.859
 of the

00:34:33.859 --> 00:34:34.239
 scriptures

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 we

00:34:35.420 --> 00:34:35.759
 might

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 have

00:34:36.039 --> 00:34:36.500
 hope

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 you

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 promised

00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:38.819
 that

00:34:38.819 --> 00:34:39.099
 everything

00:34:39.099 --> 00:34:39.379
 written

00:34:39.379 --> 00:34:39.559
 in

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:39.759
 your

00:34:39.759 --> 00:34:40.059
 word

00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:40.319
 was

00:34:40.319 --> 00:34:40.579
 put

00:34:40.579 --> 00:34:40.920
 there

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 by

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 you

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 for

00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:42.420
 the

00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:42.719
 sake

00:34:42.719 --> 00:34:43.000
 of

00:34:43.000 --> 00:34:43.359
 our

00:34:43.359 --> 00:34:43.960
 endurance

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:44.219
 that

00:34:44.219 --> 00:34:44.420
 we

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:44.719
 might

00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:45.179
 run

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 no

00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:47.759
 matter

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 what

00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:48.219
 the

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 sufferings

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:49.359
 the

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 trials

00:34:49.919 --> 00:34:50.119
 the

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 afflictions

00:34:50.779 --> 00:34:50.960
 the

00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:51.599
 distractions

00:34:51.599 --> 00:34:53.659
 you

00:34:53.659 --> 00:34:53.919
 have

00:34:53.919 --> 00:34:54.199
 given

00:34:54.199 --> 00:34:54.440
 us

00:34:54.440 --> 00:34:54.899
 all

00:34:54.899 --> 00:34:55.099
 that

00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:55.259
 we

00:34:55.259 --> 00:34:55.799
 need

00:34:55.799 --> 00:34:56.579
 in

00:34:56.579 --> 00:34:57.099
 life

00:34:57.099 --> 00:34:57.599
 in

00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:57.779
 order

00:34:57.779 --> 00:34:57.980
 to

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 not

00:34:58.279 --> 00:34:58.639
 lose

00:34:58.639 --> 00:34:59.059
 hope

00:34:59.059 --> 00:35:00.299
 but

00:35:00.299 --> 00:35:00.480
 in

00:35:00.480 --> 00:35:00.679
 fact

00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:00.940
 to be

00:35:00.940 --> 00:35:01.379
 encouraged

00:35:01.379 --> 00:35:01.839
 to press

00:35:01.839 --> 00:35:02.039
 on

00:35:02.039 --> 00:35:02.239
 in

00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:02.719
 faith

00:35:02.719 --> 00:35:03.460
 and

00:35:03.460 --> 00:35:04.279
 experience

00:35:04.279 --> 00:35:04.839
 delight

00:35:04.839 --> 00:35:05.239
 and

00:35:05.239 --> 00:35:05.759
 joy

00:35:05.759 --> 00:35:06.099
 in

00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:06.419
 you

00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:09.240
 and

00:35:09.240 --> 00:35:09.420
 yet

00:35:09.420 --> 00:35:09.639
 how

00:35:09.639 --> 00:35:10.019
 finite

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:10.400
 and

00:35:10.400 --> 00:35:10.760
 limited

00:35:10.760 --> 00:35:11.019
 and

00:35:11.019 --> 00:35:11.460
 fickle

00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:11.639
 we

00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:11.840
 are

00:35:11.840 --> 00:35:12.039
 as

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.480
 humans

00:35:12.480 --> 00:35:15.220
 what

00:35:15.220 --> 00:35:15.460
 you've

00:35:15.460 --> 00:35:15.680
 thrown

00:35:15.680 --> 00:35:15.840
 in

00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:16.000
 front

00:35:16.000 --> 00:35:16.099
 of

00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:16.280
 us

00:35:16.280 --> 00:35:16.559
 today

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:17.000
 Lord

00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:17.300
 just

00:35:17.300 --> 00:35:17.579
 really

00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:17.940
 briefly

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:18.139
 is

00:35:18.139 --> 00:35:18.300
 a

00:35:18.300 --> 00:35:18.700
 man

00:35:18.700 --> 00:35:19.420
 who

00:35:19.420 --> 00:35:19.780
 took

00:35:19.780 --> 00:35:20.039
 your

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.320
 word

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:20.960
 seriously

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.980
 and

00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:22.340
 laboured

00:35:22.340 --> 00:35:22.559
 to

00:35:22.559 --> 00:35:22.880
 know

00:35:22.880 --> 00:35:23.340
 you

00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:25.300
 he

00:35:25.300 --> 00:35:26.059
 overcame

00:35:26.059 --> 00:35:27.240
 and

00:35:27.240 --> 00:35:27.579
 through

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:27.920
 his

00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:28.380
 work

00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:28.539
 and

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:28.780
 many

00:35:28.780 --> 00:35:29.300
 others

00:35:29.300 --> 00:35:29.559
 have

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:30.039
 endured

00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:30.400
 in

00:35:30.400 --> 00:35:30.880
 faith

00:35:30.880 --> 00:35:33.900
 as

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:34.059
 we

00:35:34.059 --> 00:35:34.380
 launch

00:35:34.380 --> 00:35:34.579
 into

00:35:34.579 --> 00:35:34.940
 another

00:35:34.940 --> 00:35:35.420
 year

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:36.079
 may

00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:36.260
 it

00:35:36.260 --> 00:35:36.860
 be

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:38.920
 different

00:35:38.920 --> 00:35:41.559
 different

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:42.119
 as

00:35:42.119 --> 00:35:42.559
 previous

00:35:42.559 --> 00:35:43.099
 years

00:35:43.099 --> 00:35:44.480
 may

00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:44.680
 we

00:35:44.680 --> 00:35:45.059
 run

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.280
 with

00:35:45.280 --> 00:35:45.820
 endurance

00:35:45.820 --> 00:35:46.340
 the race

00:35:46.340 --> 00:35:46.519
 that you

00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:46.740
 put

00:35:46.740 --> 00:35:47.139
 before

00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:47.380
 us

00:35:47.380 --> 00:35:47.639
 looking

00:35:47.639 --> 00:35:47.980
 only

00:35:47.980 --> 00:35:48.200
 to

00:35:48.200 --> 00:35:48.700
 Jesus

00:35:48.700 --> 00:35:51.680
 may

00:35:51.680 --> 00:35:51.840
 the

00:35:51.840 --> 00:35:52.039
 Lord

00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:52.460
 Jesus

00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:53.760
 be

00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:54.000
 the

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.400
 deepest

00:35:54.400 --> 00:35:54.980
 source

00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:55.280
 of

00:35:55.280 --> 00:35:55.579
 all

00:35:55.579 --> 00:35:55.720
 of

00:35:55.720 --> 00:35:55.880
 our

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:56.480
 endurance

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:57.619
 may

00:35:57.619 --> 00:35:57.800
 we

00:35:57.800 --> 00:35:58.240
 see

00:35:58.240 --> 00:35:58.559
 and

00:35:58.559 --> 00:35:58.880
 saviour

00:35:58.880 --> 00:35:59.139
 him

00:35:59.139 --> 00:35:59.280
 in

00:35:59.280 --> 00:35:59.440
 your

00:35:59.440 --> 00:35:59.920
 word

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:00.480
 and

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:00.760
 find

00:36:00.760 --> 00:36:00.920
 in

00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:01.320
 him

00:36:01.320 --> 00:36:01.980
 our

00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:02.480
 strength

00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:02.680
 to

00:36:02.680 --> 00:36:02.920
 keep

00:36:02.920 --> 00:36:03.539
 striving

00:36:03.539 --> 00:36:04.000
 against

00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:04.420
 sin

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:04.940
 Satan

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:05.179
 and

00:36:05.179 --> 00:36:05.900
 sabotage

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:08.559
 so we

00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:08.860
 ask

00:36:08.860 --> 00:36:09.019
 you

00:36:09.019 --> 00:36:09.320
 merciful

00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:09.720
 father

00:36:09.720 --> 00:36:09.940
 to

00:36:09.940 --> 00:36:10.159
 send

00:36:10.159 --> 00:36:10.360
 your

00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:10.840
 spirit

00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:12.480
 as

00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:12.659
 we

00:36:12.659 --> 00:36:13.179
 engage

00:36:13.179 --> 00:36:13.400
 your

00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:13.800
 word

00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:14.599
 we

00:36:14.599 --> 00:36:14.880
 pray

00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:15.079
 that

00:36:15.079 --> 00:36:15.179
 you

00:36:15.179 --> 00:36:15.320
 would

00:36:15.320 --> 00:36:15.700
 fill

00:36:15.700 --> 00:36:15.880
 our

00:36:15.880 --> 00:36:16.380
 hearts

00:36:16.380 --> 00:36:17.440
 with

00:36:17.440 --> 00:36:17.800
 knowledge

00:36:17.800 --> 00:36:18.019
 of

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:18.340
 you

00:36:18.340 --> 00:36:20.420
 our

00:36:20.420 --> 00:36:20.880
 hearts

00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:21.119
 with

00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:21.639
 joy

00:36:21.639 --> 00:36:22.019
 in

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.380
 you

00:36:22.380 --> 00:36:24.700
 give

00:36:24.700 --> 00:36:24.880
 us

00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:25.079
 that

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:25.500
 deep

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:25.860
 sense

00:36:25.860 --> 00:36:26.039
 of

00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:26.420
 delight

00:36:26.420 --> 00:36:26.639
 of

00:36:26.639 --> 00:36:27.099
 seeing

00:36:27.099 --> 00:36:27.460
 you

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:29.659
 so

00:36:29.659 --> 00:36:29.860
 may

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:30.099
 your

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:30.639
 grace

00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:32.320
 enable

00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:32.539
 us

00:36:32.539 --> 00:36:32.760
 to

00:36:32.760 --> 00:36:33.159
 work

00:36:33.159 --> 00:36:33.700
 hard

00:36:33.699 --> 00:36:34.139
 to

00:36:34.139 --> 00:36:34.480
 know

00:36:34.480 --> 00:36:34.859
 you

00:36:34.859 --> 00:36:36.099
 rather

00:36:36.099 --> 00:36:36.259
 than

00:36:36.259 --> 00:36:36.439
 being

00:36:36.439 --> 00:36:36.699
 an

00:36:36.699 --> 00:36:37.239
 excuse

00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:37.739
 for

00:36:37.739 --> 00:36:38.219
 spiritual

00:36:38.219 --> 00:36:38.779
 laziness

00:36:38.779 --> 00:36:39.079
 this

00:36:39.079 --> 00:36:39.359
 coming

00:36:39.359 --> 00:36:39.719
 year

00:36:39.719 --> 00:36:40.639
 and

00:36:40.639 --> 00:36:40.779
 we

00:36:40.779 --> 00:36:41.079
 ask

00:36:41.079 --> 00:36:41.239
 that

00:36:41.239 --> 00:36:41.779
 Christ

00:36:41.779 --> 00:36:42.039
 might

00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:42.199
 be

00:36:42.199 --> 00:36:42.819
 glorified

00:36:42.819 --> 00:36:43.839
 amen