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 All right, how many of you have enjoyed the service so far? Can you say amen with me?

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 Amen. Isn't that awesome? It is great to see God moving in the young people of our church and our

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 community, and that is kind of what we've been talking about in our series on new life, a fresh

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 beginning with Jesus. Much of this came from resources put out by Craig Groeschel, pastor of

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 Life Church in Oklahoma City, and we are a few weeks into this now, and so we are talking about

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 God doing a new thing. We've seen evidence of that in the baptisms. We saw the video earlier in the

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 service of last Sunday when two of our young people, one of our graduating seniors even, getting

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 baptized and giving evidence of their faith in Christ. So God is doing a new thing. Can we see it?

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 Yes, absolutely we can. So we talked about that a few weeks ago, and then we talked about how we need

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 to stop trying and start training. Let's say that together. Ready? Stop trying, start training.

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 How many times in our lives have we tried and tried and tried and failed and failed and failed,

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 and maybe God is trying to get our attention and saying, hey, stop trying so much in your own strength

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 and start understanding that I'm training you to be who I say you are, which leads us to our identity,

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 and that we do what we do because of what we think of who we are. And so instead of believing the old

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 lie that we believed all throughout our lives of who we are, God is instead getting our attention

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 saying, listen to me and believe that you are who I say you are, and then that determines your behavior.

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 So our behavior is born out of our identity. Well today we're going to be, I'm sorry, last week we

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 started this kind of sub-series within this whole series about new life in Christ, and we talked

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 about laying aside every weight, and we had a very visual illustration of how extra weight slows us

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 down, didn't we? For those of you who weren't here, you're wondering why people are laughing. That's

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 because I had a foot race down that aisle and that aisle against one of our fastest teenagers,

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 and he smoked me, all right? During the service, okay, it happened. Y'all don't want to miss what's

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 going on here in church because you never know what might happen during the service. Well then I loaded

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 him up with I don't know how much weight with a weight vest and medicine ball and kettlebells and

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 all this, and I barely beat him that second time through. Extra weight really makes a difference, and there

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 might be something in our lives that we either need to lay aside because we've been holding on to it,

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 maybe a bad habit, a self-destructive habit in our life, or there's something that's holding on to us

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 from our past, from our past, and in Philippians we read that we are to forget what lies behind

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 and press forward toward what lies ahead. So that brings us, that catches you up very briefly in our

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 series text we've been looking through. It's in your bulletin, 2 Corinthians 5 17. If anyone is in

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 Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away and see the new has come. Man, we're celebrating new

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 today with our graduating seniors. What an exciting thing as they embark on a new endeavor, a new journey,

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 a new starting point in their life, and together as a church we can do the same thing. So today

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 we're talking about let us run. Let's look at Hebrews chapter 12 verses 1 and 2. Hebrews 12,

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 1 and 2. While you turn there, you'll put a finger in Hebrews 12 and then flip over to Philippians 3.

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 Hebrews 12 and Philippians 3 will be bouncing back and forth between those two passages of scripture.

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 And as you find your place in those two passages, I want to share a couple of thoughts with you about

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 running. How many of you, maybe you follow me on Facebook and you saw that I've started training for

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 a 5k. Anybody? There's a couple of you. The rest of you, I don't blame you. Facebook, you know, isn't

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 always where I spend my time, but that's all right. I've recently started training for a 5k. It's the first

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 one in my life. I know that's shocking to you. I look like somebody who runs 5ks all the time. But it's not.

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 This is the first time I'll be doing this. I'm not running one next week or next month. I'm thinking

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 like maybe December. It's going to take a minute for me to train, all right? But I've started doing

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 that, just doing some slow jogs around my neighborhood, just getting started. And I have

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 some thoughts to share with you about running. I went for a run but came back after two minutes

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 because I forgot something. I forgot I'm out of shape and can't run more than two minutes.

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 Truth is, I ran 22 minutes straight the other day without stopping. Now, when I say run, it's like,

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 you know what I mean? But I didn't stop. So there you go. I don't run. And if you should ever see me

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 run, you should start running too because something is probably chasing me. One of my kids' teachers

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 told him that one day in school and I won't say who it is. That was fun. That is very true. And then

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 this is probably my favorite here because I wear Nike shoes. That awkward moment when you're wearing

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 Nike and you still just can't do it. For those of you who don't know, Nike had a commercial,

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 just do it, all right? Just put it in context. Listen, running, training for anything is difficult,

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 is it not? That's why these jokes are funny because we all know it's hard. It's difficult.

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 And this is a quote that I wanted to share with you. I don't know if I've ever used a quote from

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 Oprah Winfrey before in a message, but this one was actually pretty applicable. Running is the

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 greatest metaphor for life because you get out of it what you put into it. And that is so true.

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 Most of my life I have not run and I've gotten out of it the fruit of not running.

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 And just the little bit of time that I've spent over the last couple of weeks beginning to run,

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 beginning to train, I can actually see little fruits of that in the rest of my days.

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 And as I try to transform my personal lifestyle, I know many of you are also trying to do the same

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 thing, maybe in a different area of your life. You can see and agree that you get out of it

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 what you put into it. So let's see what the Word of God has to say about this. Hebrews chapter 12

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 and verse 1. I know we've got quite a number in here. If you're able and willing, would you join

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 us in standing as we just read these two verses together? Hebrews 12 and verse 1. Therefore,

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 since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance

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 and the sin that so easily ensnares us. We talked about that last week. Let us run with endurance the race

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 that lies before us. And now flipping back over to Philippians chapter 3. And let's read verse 13.

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 One thing I do, forgetting what is behind, talked about that last week, and reaching forward to what is

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 ahead. We're going to stop right there, and we'll pick it up there next Sunday. Actually, in two Sundays.

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 Sorry about that. Y'all, let's ask God to speak to us from His Word today. Lord, we ask for just that.

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 We thank you for every member, every regular attender, every guest who's with us this morning.

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 Thank you for every graduating senior. Thank you for those who couldn't be here and are joining us online.

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 I want to welcome all of them, and I just am grateful for them joining us in worship today.

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 I pray that none of this would be in vain, that you would speak to us individually, personally,

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 to our hearts and our lives. Show us the next step we need to take with you. In Jesus' name. Amen.

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 You may be seated. Number one in your bulletins, I want to challenge you, start moving. Start moving.

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 Y'all, that is the secret to my running a 5K, is I have to start moving, right?

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 If I never start moving, then I'm never going to run a 5K. What does that mean?

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 If I never go out and take my first run, and I'm using this free app called the Nike Run Club,

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 and it's free. That was the part that got me interested.

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 I'm not going to throw a bunch of money into it.

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 But listen, I've got these guided runs, and there's this coach in my ear,

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 and the whole thing of those first runs that I started out with a couple weeks ago is,

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 if you're pushing too hard, you're going to quit.

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 So stop pushing so hard, and just start moving.

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 Just get out and start moving.

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 Y'all, sometimes that is the exact step we need to take in our walk with Jesus,

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 is just start moving.

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 Take a step.

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 The reality is, if some of us opened God's Word tomorrow morning,

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 before we got our day started, and read one Bible verse,

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 that would be one more verse than we did the day before.

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 If we prayed one sentence to God in prayer,

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 that would be one more sentence than we had prayed the day before.

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 So we're moving, right?

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 We started.

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 It's not that you go from zero all the way to where you want to be,

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 or where you think you should be.

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 It's that you start.

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 You begin.

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 So, Hebrews 12 says,

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 let us run.

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 Philippians 3 says,

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 pressing forward to those things which are ahead.

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 Reaching forward to what is ahead.

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 Let us run.

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 Sometimes you've just got to take the first step.

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 Martin Luther King had a great quote,

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 and when I was a junior high English teacher,

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 one of my problem students,

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 I know teachers, you have never had a problem student before, right?

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 Nobody, they're all perfect little angels.

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 I'm sure you guys were all perfect angels.

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 I had a problem student my first year teaching.

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 I only taught for a couple years,

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 but she was just bound and determined to give me grief every day.

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 And so I became bound and determined to win her over.

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 And by the end of that first semester,

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 she was giving me this on a little thing that sits in my office back there

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 as a Christmas present.

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 So we really made some strides together.

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 But she found this and thought that I would want it.

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 It had special meaning for me.

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 And I thought it applies so well to what we're talking about today.

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 Faith is taking that first step,

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 even when you don't see the full staircase.

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 I don't know if I'm ever going to be able to run a 5K.

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 I hope so.

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 I hope I can run a 10K.

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 I hope I can run a 15K.

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 I don't know if I'll ever be a marathon guy.

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 My brother, any of y'all remember my brother preached here several months ago?

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 He ran a marathon one time,

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 and I heard what it did to his feet at the end of that.

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 I don't know if I want to do that.

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 But that's all right.

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 I don't have to see the whole staircase of where this is going to end for me right now.

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 I just take the first step.

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 And sometimes that's what faith looks like.

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 We don't know where God is going to lead us.

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 I guarantee you these seniors that are graduating high school

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 don't know where their lives are going to be five years from now,

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 but they don't have to.

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 They just take one step forward with Jesus,

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 and then another one,

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 and then another one.

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 And as God keeps leading them,

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 and as God keeps leading us,

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 then we arrive where he wants us to go in his timing.

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 It's walking together with him,

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 but we've got to start moving.

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 Philippians 3.13,

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 straining forward,

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 reaching forward,

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 pressing forward

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 to what lies ahead.

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 The problem is,

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 we get impatient,

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 don't we?

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 We get impatient.

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 We want it all to come at once.

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 In today's world in which we live,

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 we can get everything at the push of a button.

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 Our phones are there.

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 They're the wealth of all the information

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 that we never had growing up,

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 and all we've got to do is Google it now.

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 If we want to talk to somebody,

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 we can talk to someone instantly.

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 The world we live in is absolutely instant,

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 but some things are never meant to come overnight.

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 Some things are never meant to come instantly.

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 So we have to remember that God's timing

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 is better than our timing.

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 God's timing is perfect.

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 Maybe there's a relationship

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 that you wish would just be fixed overnight.

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 In the young couples,

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 married, adults,

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 whatever you want to call that class,

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 that the Tillers and Bryants are leading back there,

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 we just started a marriage seminar today.

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 And man, it's fantastic,

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 but it's realizing that

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 not everything is going to get fixed overnight.

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 Sometimes you've got to put the work in,

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 but it's taking the first step

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 in understanding that God's timing is perfect.

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 So start moving.

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 And then number two,

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 keep going.

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 Keep going.

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 Real basic,

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 real simple stuff here today,

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 but sometimes it's the basic and simple things

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 that trip us up, isn't it?

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 So we've got to start moving,

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 and then we've got to keep going.

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 Hebrews 12 run,

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 Hebrews 12 one,

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 going back to our main text here,

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 run with endurance,

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 the race set before us.

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 Let us run,

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 but let us run with endurance.

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 Let us run with sustaining that pace.

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 That coach who's in my ear when I start running,

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 he says,

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 if you're running at a pace

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 that you can't sustain for the whole run,

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 then slow down.

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 Some of you are probably expert runners,

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 and you're like,

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 that's not good advice.

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 Well, it is for me when I'm starting out, okay?

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 Maybe someday I'll get to where you are.

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 I'm looking around.

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 Do we have any expert runners?

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 But listen.

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 Wait, what just happened?

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 Oh, yes, Wade.

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 That was good, Wade.

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 That was good.

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 He's a runner at heart, man.

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 He is a biker.

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 That's true.

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 Listen, we run with endurance.

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 The main thing is that you keep running,

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 that you keep going.

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 And young people, I'll tell you,

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 it is so much more important

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 that you continue and are faithful

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 in your walk with Jesus

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 and, like, hit singles

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 instead of home runs all the time.

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 You know what I mean?

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 Sometimes the temptation

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 is to try to achieve

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 great, huge, big things all at once,

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 but do you know how great,

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 huge, big things are achieved?

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 By little by little

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 achieving the simple, basic things every day.

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 When you get to the place

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 where you're doing the things

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 that you're supposed to do

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 every day, day after day,

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 night after night,

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 when it's hard,

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 when it's annoying,

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 when you're tired,

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 when you're emotional,

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 when you don't want to,

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 then all of a sudden you arrive

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 at the day where you look back

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 and say,

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 oh, wow, how did I get here?

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 This is actually where

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 I always wanted to go.

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 But it's because I just kept moving.

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 I just kept going.

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 Philippians 3 says,

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 I press on.

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 I keep going.

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 Nothing's going to stop me.

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 Nothing's going to hold me back.

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 I recognize that I could stop myself.

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 I recognize that the devil could stop me.

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 I recognize that others in my life

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 could stop me or slow me down.

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 But between me and Jesus,

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 I'm going to rely on him

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 to let me keep going and press on.

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 Progress demands persistence,

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 not perfection.

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 And man, I thank God for that, right?

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 If progress with Jesus demanded perfection,

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 we'd all be out of luck.

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 None of us would get anywhere

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 where we're trying to go.

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 But progress just demands persistence.

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 Jesus just says,

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 walk with me.

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 Let me lead you.

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 Remember, you're not trying.

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 I'm training you on how to do this.

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 So we're letting God train us

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 and get us to where he wants us to go.

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 There might be young people in this room

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 that God wants to be a pastor.

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 God wants to be a missionary.

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 God wants to be a school teacher.

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 God wants to be a doctor.

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 God wants to be a mechanic.

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 God wants to work in retail,

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 work at Sonic.

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 I don't know what your future is

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 or where God has you

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 and there's a circle of people

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 waiting for you

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 to bring Jesus into their life.

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 But you're never going to get

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 where God wants you to go

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 unless you persist

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 at the things he has for you right now.

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 So, let me ask you this.

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 I've got to run down here and grab it.

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 Here we go.

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 Anybody know what the difference in this and this is?

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 One's white, one's black.

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 Glad we got that out of the way.

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 Now, what do these mean?

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 What is this?

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 Starting out, beginner, right?

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 Beginner level at some kind of martial arts.

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 Over here, what do we have?

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 Expert.

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 Expert, right?

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 Professional.

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 Top of the heap.

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 What is the difference between these two belts?

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 A white belt is a beginner.

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 A black belt is an expert.

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 But the truth is,

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 a black belt is a white belt

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 who never stopped training.

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 That's all it is.

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 Now, that illustration's not original to me.

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 I heard it from others

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 who probably heard it from others.

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 But the truth is,

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 that is absolutely true.

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 That every one of you

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 might be starting out as a white belt

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 in something in your life.

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 Right now,

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 these guys are a white belt

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 at being an adult,

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 at being on their own,

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 at launching out into the world

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 and paving their way.

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 They're a white belt.

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 But they could get to a black belt

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 if they never stopped training.

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 What does that mean

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 in our walk with Jesus?

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 You might have been a Christian

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 or a church member

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 or a tender

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 or someone you would say

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 is a Jesus follower

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 for many, many, many years.

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 But the truth is,

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 you're still a white belt.

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 Because at some point along the way,

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 you stopped training

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 and you never got

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 to where God wanted to take you.

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 Doesn't mean you don't know about God.

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 Doesn't mean you can't answer

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 a bunch of Bible trivia.

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 But it means that God

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 has not grasped your heart

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 and grown your faith

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 like he wanted to.

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 So you've got to back up

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 and start training again

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 and let God take you

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 from here to here.

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 There's nothing special

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 about this person

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 except they were here

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 and they trained and trained

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 and trained and trained

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 and trained and trained

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 and they got here.

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 The only difference

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 between me right now

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 and me when God willing

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 I can run my first race

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 is that I don't stop training.

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 You know half the reason

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 I'm telling y'all about this

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 on Sundays

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 is because I want y'all

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 to hold me accountable

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 so I don't stop training.

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 because it's hard

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 it's not fun.

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 And I've tried

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 to get in shape before

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 but the difference this time

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 is I'm not trying

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 I'm training.

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 Training to be who God

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 wants me to be.

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 My question to you

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 is are you training

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 to be who God

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 wants you to be?

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 If you are

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 you're either

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 at a start moving phase

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 or you're at a keep going phase.

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 Either start moving

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 or keep going.

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 Galatians 6.9

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 says let us not grow weary

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 of doing good

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 because in due season

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 at the right time

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 we will reap

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 if we don't what?

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 Give up.

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 We will reap.

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 Y'all I don't know

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 what that looks like

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 for you.

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 Seniors down front

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 and there's a couple

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 in the crowd.

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 I don't know

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 what it looks like

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 for you to reap

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 the harvest

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 that God has for you.

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 But I do know

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 that you won't get there

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 if you don't start moving

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 and then keep going.

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 So in your walk

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 with Jesus

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 maybe that means

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 you open your Bible

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 and spend a little more time

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 than you have before.

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 Maybe that means

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 you bow your head in prayer

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 and spend a little more time

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 with God

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 than you did before.

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 Maybe it means

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 as you go off to college

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 you get involved

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 in a ministry

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 in a church

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 or a collegiate ministry

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 on your campus

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 and you get a little bit involved

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 more than you have before

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 and you keep growing

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 and keep going

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 in your walk

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 with Jesus.

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 Church it means

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 the exact same thing

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 for us.

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 I don't know

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 what it looks like

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 for you.

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 I'm accountable for me

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 and for my family

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 and as for me

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 and my family

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 we're going to keep going.

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 We're going to keep growing.

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 James 4.8

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 Would you turn there

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 with me very quickly?

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 James chapter 4

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 and verse 8.

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 It's one book over

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 from Hebrews 12.

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 James 4 and verse 8.

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 Draw near to God

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 and he will draw near

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 to you.

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 Say man I've tried.

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 I've tried to fix my marriage.

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 I've tried to get closer

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 to my kids.

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 I've tried to prioritize

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 God in my life

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 and something just always

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 gets in the way.

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 Something distracts me.

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 Listen.

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 If you draw near

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 to God

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 you will see

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 him drawing near

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 to you.

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 It's just

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 usually

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 we stop training.

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 Don't we?

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 At one point in time

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 we were moving closer

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 to Jesus

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 and then at some point

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 the cares of this life

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 the distractions

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 of this life

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 pulled us away

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 pulled us off the path.

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 But if we draw near

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 to him

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 there is a promise

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 from God

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 that he will draw

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 near to you.

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 And when God

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 draws near in your life

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 what a transformation

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 that makes.

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 When God draws near

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 to this church

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 what a difference

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 this church makes

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 in the community

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 in our individual lives.

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 together as a body

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 we start to see

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 incredible things happening.

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 We start to see

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 those baptism waters busy.

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 We start to see

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 people coming

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 that hadn't come

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 in a long time.

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 We start to see

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 relationships getting

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 healed and mended.

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 We start to see

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 God moving

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 in ways that we

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 never imagined

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 he could move

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 when God

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 draws near.

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 But first

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 we gotta take

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 the first step.

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 And then we gotta

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 keep going.

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 So

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 practically

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 how do we

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 draw near to God?

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 Number one

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 we prioritize

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 our quiet time

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 with Jesus.

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 We've been talking

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 about that.

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 How much time

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 do we actually

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 spend

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 in this book?

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 And how much

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 time do we

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 actually spend

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 speaking to the

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 one who is

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 always there

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 always ready

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 to listen?

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 Number two

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 we prioritize

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 others

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 over ourselves.

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 Boy that's a hard

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 one isn't it?

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 In American culture

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 it's always number

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 one isn't it?

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 It's always me

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 first.

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 But that

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 doesn't bear

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 the fruit

00:24:03.160 --> 00:24:03.799
 that God

00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.519
 wants for us

00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:05.160
 in our lives.

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 So we're

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 training

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 to spend

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 more time

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 with Jesus

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 we're training

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 to prioritize

00:24:09.860 --> 00:24:10.779
 others over

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 us just

00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:12.940
 like Jesus

00:24:12.940 --> 00:24:13.279
 did.

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 We're learning

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 from him.

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 And then number

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 three we're

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 unashamed

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 to speak his

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 name.

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 That's how we

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 draw near to

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 God.

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 When we go

00:24:20.920 --> 00:24:21.860
 out and point

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 someone else

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 to Jesus

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 then we are

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 as close to

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 God as we

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 could ever be.

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 Paul said

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 my brethren

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 brothers and

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 sisters my

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 heart's desire

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 my prayer to

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 God for my

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 people is that

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 they would be

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 saved.

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 That they would

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 know Jesus

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 in their life.

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 And that is my

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 prayer for my

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 people and I

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 hope that's your

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 prayer for your

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 people.

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 That they would

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 know Jesus.

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 They're not going

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 to know unless

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 we're unashamed

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 to speak his

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 name.

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 So our takeaway

00:24:52.020 --> 00:24:52.760
 this morning will

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 be done.

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 Is God help

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 me not to

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 quit.

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 But to take

00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.900
 that next step

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 toward being who

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 you are calling

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 me to be.

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 I pray that for

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:04.900
 us as a church.

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 God help our

00:25:06.020 --> 00:25:07.140
 church not to

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 quit.

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 But to take the

00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:10.020
 next step toward

00:25:10.020 --> 00:25:10.900
 being the church

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 that he's calling

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 us to be.

00:25:13.040 --> 00:25:13.920
 Graduates I pray

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 that for you.

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 That you would

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 say God help me

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 not to quit.

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 Now that I'm

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 finishing high

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 school and I'm

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 moving out on

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 my own and

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 there's nobody

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 in my ear

00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:24.320
 reminding me hey

00:25:24.320 --> 00:25:24.860
 you should go to

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 church.

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 Hey you should go

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 to youth group.

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 Hey you should

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 read your Bible.

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 There's nobody

00:25:27.820 --> 00:25:28.460
 in your ear.

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 Some of you

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 haven't had that

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 anyway.

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 But some of you

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 have.

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 And it's going

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 to be a

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 difference.

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 It's going to

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 be a distinction

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 to get out

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 there on your

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 own where

00:25:34.780 --> 00:25:35.640
 nobody is

00:25:35.640 --> 00:25:36.140
 doing that.

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 But God help

00:25:37.340 --> 00:25:39.060
 me not to

00:25:39.060 --> 00:25:39.780
 quit but to

00:25:39.780 --> 00:25:40.380
 take the next

00:25:40.380 --> 00:25:41.620
 step as I go

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 to college.

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 To take the

00:25:42.820 --> 00:25:43.540
 next step as I

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 go to work.

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 Take the next

00:25:45.120 --> 00:25:46.280
 step as I move

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 out on my own

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 toward who you

00:25:48.960 --> 00:25:50.200
 are calling me

00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:50.760
 to be.

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 Then we'll get

00:25:52.080 --> 00:25:52.720
 to see the fruit.

00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:53.720
 Get to see the

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.060
 blessings.

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 We'll get to

00:25:55.260 --> 00:25:56.060
 reap the rewards

00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:57.000
 together.

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 So that's my

00:25:58.500 --> 00:25:59.200
 prayer for you.

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 Would you bow

00:26:00.480 --> 00:26:00.960
 your heads with

00:26:00.960 --> 00:26:01.319
 me and we'll

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:01.899
 pray right now.

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 God I thank you

00:26:03.859 --> 00:26:04.579
 so much for our

00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:05.319
 time together this

00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:05.539
 morning.

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 I thank you that

00:26:06.159 --> 00:26:07.099
 you've spoken to

00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:07.819
 us all throughout

00:26:07.819 --> 00:26:08.460
 this service.

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 the young people

00:26:10.980 --> 00:26:12.539
 have performed to

00:26:12.539 --> 00:26:13.160
 the best of their

00:26:13.160 --> 00:26:13.980
 ability to honor

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.860
 and glorify you.

00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:16.279
 The graduates

00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:17.059
 have gotten up

00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:17.579
 and we've gotten

00:26:17.579 --> 00:26:18.340
 to see the fruit

00:26:18.340 --> 00:26:19.019
 of their hard

00:26:19.019 --> 00:26:20.600
 work over their

00:26:20.600 --> 00:26:21.259
 years of high

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:21.539
 school.

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 And God that's

00:26:24.660 --> 00:26:25.400
 not to glorify

00:26:25.400 --> 00:26:26.200
 them and to

00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:27.700
 say oh wow what

00:26:27.700 --> 00:26:28.440
 incredible people

00:26:28.440 --> 00:26:29.220
 they are but it's

00:26:29.220 --> 00:26:29.880
 to reflect the

00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:30.759
 praise back to you

00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:31.440
 as each one of

00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:31.980
 these people

00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:33.360
 professes to know

00:26:33.360 --> 00:26:34.559
 you as their

00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:34.900
 savior.

00:26:35.779 --> 00:26:36.480
 That they place

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.220
 their faith in

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.480
 you.

00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:39.640
 And so all this

00:26:39.640 --> 00:26:40.680
 accomplishment all

00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.740
 these great things

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.960
 bring glory back

00:26:42.960 --> 00:26:43.539
 to you God.

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.599
 I pray that that

00:26:45.599 --> 00:26:46.220
 would be true of

00:26:46.220 --> 00:26:47.019
 each of our lives.

00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:49.140
 That there wouldn't

00:26:49.140 --> 00:26:50.180
 be any man woman

00:26:50.180 --> 00:26:51.039
 or child in this

00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:52.299
 room who would

00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:52.980
 walk out of here

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:53.960
 today without having

00:26:53.960 --> 00:26:54.519
 a personal

00:26:54.519 --> 00:26:55.720
 relationship with

00:26:55.720 --> 00:26:56.360
 Jesus.

00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:57.240
 That's our prayer.

00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:58.579
 That's our hope.

00:26:59.180 --> 00:26:59.620
 That's why we

00:26:59.620 --> 00:27:00.319
 gather here each

00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:00.640
 Sunday.

00:27:02.279 --> 00:27:04.160
 And God I ask

00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:04.559
 that you would

00:27:04.559 --> 00:27:05.180
 show each of us

00:27:05.180 --> 00:27:05.720
 what our next

00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:06.240
 step is.

00:27:06.480 --> 00:27:08.519
 some of us

00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:09.039
 might need to

00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:09.559
 start beginning

00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:12.539
 just like I had

00:27:12.539 --> 00:27:13.019
 to do a couple

00:27:13.019 --> 00:27:13.559
 weeks ago.

00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:15.400
 Some of us

00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:15.960
 might need to

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:16.539
 just take the

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:17.019
 next step.

00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:18.299
 Just keep

00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:20.420
 moving toward

00:27:20.420 --> 00:27:20.900
 what you've

00:27:20.900 --> 00:27:21.400
 called us to

00:27:21.400 --> 00:27:21.579
 be.

00:27:23.279 --> 00:27:24.039
 God give us

00:27:24.039 --> 00:27:24.720
 patience from

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:24.960
 you.

00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:26.240
 Help us to

00:27:26.240 --> 00:27:26.779
 understand that

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:27.279
 you're training

00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:28.839
 us toward a

00:27:28.839 --> 00:27:29.620
 wonderful fruit,

00:27:29.980 --> 00:27:30.360
 a wonderful

00:27:30.360 --> 00:27:31.079
 blessing that you

00:27:31.079 --> 00:27:31.640
 have in store

00:27:31.640 --> 00:27:32.079
 for us.

00:27:32.779 --> 00:27:33.259
 It's in Jesus

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.880
 name we pray.

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:34.759
 Amen.

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:35.620
 Brother Greg's

00:27:35.620 --> 00:27:36.000
 going to lead

00:27:36.000 --> 00:27:36.559
 us in one

00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:37.000
 verse of

00:27:37.000 --> 00:27:37.500
 this song.

00:27:37.640 --> 00:27:38.480
 This is a

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:38.839
 time of

00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:39.140
 prayer.

00:27:39.440 --> 00:27:39.740
 Y'all can

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.160
 keep your

00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:40.519
 seats.

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:42.279
 But could we

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:42.900
 enter into a

00:27:42.900 --> 00:27:43.240
 time of

00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:43.740
 prayer as a

00:27:43.740 --> 00:27:44.640
 church as he

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:45.440
 sings over us?

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:45.799
 And if you'd

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.259
 like to sing

00:27:46.259 --> 00:27:46.859
 quietly and

00:27:46.859 --> 00:27:47.200
 join him,

00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:47.740
 that's fine.

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:48.339
 But let's

00:27:48.339 --> 00:27:48.680
 keep our

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:49.579
 seats, heads

00:27:49.579 --> 00:27:50.460
 bowed, you

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:50.980
 know, kind of

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:52.079
 an attitude of

00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:52.940
 just focusing on

00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:53.500
 the Lord right

00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:54.599
 now, focusing on

00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:55.240
 his voice.

00:27:55.240 --> 00:27:56.120
 And just for a

00:27:56.120 --> 00:27:56.539
 couple of

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:57.299
 minutes before

00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:57.819
 we dismiss

00:27:57.819 --> 00:27:58.359
 today and

00:27:58.359 --> 00:27:58.920
 celebrate our

00:27:58.920 --> 00:28:00.319
 graduates, let's

00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:01.099
 just ask God,

00:28:01.200 --> 00:28:01.779
 what is it you

00:28:01.779 --> 00:28:02.460
 want to show us

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:02.960
 from church

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.880
 today, from

00:28:03.880 --> 00:28:04.279
 your word

00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:04.620
 today?

00:28:05.180 --> 00:28:05.960
 And I'll be

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:06.400
 right down

00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:06.940
 front if you'd

00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:07.339
 like to come

00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:08.019
 down front and

00:28:08.019 --> 00:28:08.980
 meet with me and

00:28:08.980 --> 00:28:09.620
 pray with me.

00:28:09.799 --> 00:28:10.839
 I'm happy to do

00:28:10.839 --> 00:28:11.120
 that.

00:28:11.380 --> 00:28:12.180
 But let's go into

00:28:12.180 --> 00:28:12.839
 a time of prayer

00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:13.359
 right now.

00:28:13.359 --> 00:28:14.359
 Amen.

00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:14.759
 Amen.

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:14.819
 Amen.

00:28:14.819 --> 00:28:15.359
 Amen.

00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:15.420
 Amen.

00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:15.519
 Amen.

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:15.559
 Amen.

00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:15.620
 Amen.

00:28:15.620 --> 00:28:15.700
 Amen.

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:15.819
 Amen.

00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:15.900
 Amen.

00:28:15.900 --> 00:28:16.299
 Amen.

00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:16.460
 Amen.

00:28:16.460 --> 00:28:16.859
 Amen.

00:28:16.859 --> 00:28:17.420
 Amen.

00:28:17.420 --> 00:28:17.500
 Amen.

00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:17.519
 Amen.

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:17.620
 Amen.

00:28:17.620 --> 00:28:17.640
 Amen.

00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:17.660
 Amen.

00:28:17.660 --> 00:28:17.740
 Amen.

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:17.799
 Amen.