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 Good morning, everyone.

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 It's getting a little bit cooler, which is nice, right?

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 Let's start with something very simple.

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 The person next to you, can you tell them what is your happy place?

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 Let's bring it back.

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 Let's bring it back.

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 What do we got?

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 What do we got?

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 What do we got?

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 I'm a...

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 Christina.

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 Hey.

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 Hey, baby.

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 What's Paul's happy place?

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 It's next to the Christmas tree.

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 Where's Paul imagined himself being the happiest place, Paul?

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 Watching the cricket.

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 Watching the cricket.

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 What's cricket?

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 Oh, dear.

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 Cricket is some sport that people play in cardigans, even in the summer.

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 That is what they do.

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 That's cricket.

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 Annabelle, what's your happy place?

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 I said here first.

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 Oh, cute.

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 Maybe some people know I'm a huge Disney fan.

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 You're a huge Disney fan.

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 My only happy place would be the happiest place.

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 Disney.

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 Wow.

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 You know what?

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 You know, we were just at Disneyland the other day because there's apparently there's a world of frozen Arendelle there that's super cool.

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 We went there.

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 And actually, as I was walking down Main Street, I'm not going to lie.

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 I think it probably is the happiest place on Earth.

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 Like, that's the advertisement.

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 And I genuinely think it is.

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 Actually, maybe that's a great way for me to jump in.

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 We're going to be talking about joy today.

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 But, of course, when we're talking about Disneyland, we're talking about the happiest place on Earth.

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 But that might not be the same as the most joyful place in the world.

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 Now, why is Disneyland the happiest place in the world?

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 I'll tell you why.

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 The Main Street, it's just decked out in lights, decorations.

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 You've got this beautiful castle that's in front of you.

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 And then there's Mickey running around in some place.

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 There's a huge Christmas tree in the middle roundabout there that just is glorious.

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 It really, truly is a happy place.

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 Because your surrounding, your circumstances are just beautiful.

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 That's what makes Disney Main Street the happiest place.

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 But happiness and joy are different, right?

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 Happiness is a reaction.

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 It's an emotion.

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 It's fleeting.

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 When I stand in the middle of Disney Main Street, especially when I'm sitting on that taxi thing that kind of just takes you down just that one road.

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 It's a pretty useless taxi, but it's great when it's really hot.

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 I'm just surrounded by a circumstance that allows me to be happy.

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 A happiness reacts, but joy transcends.

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 Joy is something different.

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 I'm a football fan, and the team that I support is Arsenal.

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 The last few years are a little bit better, I'm not going to lie.

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 But the years before, and actually something that I've found that's really a big problem of mine is when I wake up in the morning, I'll confess, it isn't the word of God that I open my eyes to.

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 It is the, especially on the weekend, it's the football scores.

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 I wake up, and you know what?

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 When I wake up, and I just open the app, and I look at the score, and Arsenal lost, or they did something stupid.

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 I'm like, oh.

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 And that sends me down at the beginning of the day, just being not really that happy.

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 And it's kind of like, actually, those of you who are really, really serious football fans, you know that that can take over your whole weekend if your team doesn't win.

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 But that's happiness.

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 Joy is different.

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 Technically, if we're to have the joy that the Bible talks about, we should be able to stomach any loss that your football team has, and still be filled with joy.

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 Joy.

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 You can go to work and go to a job that you don't really like, and yet still have joy.

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 You can have some problems in your family, and some arguments that are happening, but yet somehow deep-seated in there is a joy that transcends even the circumstances, even the relationships.

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 Do we have that kind of joy?

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 Do we know what that kind of joy even is?

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 Yes.

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 That's what we're going to really talk about today.

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 And I've told this story before, but some of the times that I've had the most joy was actually when Alicia was born.

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 She was in hospital for a whole month, and she had surgery at five days old.

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 She was in intensive care for the whole month.

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 By all standards, that's not a happy time.

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 And it wasn't.

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 It definitely wasn't a happy time seeing your daughter get kind of poked in all kind of places.

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 Vivian, our good friend from the UK, will probably remember the time that we went through.

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 But there's a joy that I learned to have during my time waiting for her at the hospital that kind of transcends the circumstances that I was in.

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 It wasn't happiness for sure, but there's a peace.

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 There's a joy that's like, man, we will get through this.

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 We will go to the end.

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 And when I was in hospital for a month, when I was younger, I had the same thing.

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 It sucked to be there.

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 It wasn't happy.

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 But I started to experience this joy that started to emerge through, maybe in week two or three, that I was like, oh, this is different.

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 Actually, this makes me feel the most human.

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 If you've been in a hospital before, you probably understand a little bit of that.

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 There's no other place in the world that helps you come face to face with your humanity and with your futility.

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 And it's in that moment you're like, oh, but there is some joy that happens there.

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 The Apostle Paul writes this letter.

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 He writes this letter to this church in Philippi.

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 And actually, this letter, which is what we refer to as Philippians, it's all about joy.

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 In fact, it's the epistle of joy is how someone talks about it.

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 But the interesting thing is, where does he write it?

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 Where does he write the book of Philippians?

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 Derek.

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 In jail.

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 In jail, in prison.

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 And yet, in this book, the four chapters, he references and talks about joy 16 times.

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 He's trapped.

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 It's completely out of his control.

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 Yet, somehow, he has joy.

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 And then that famous Bible verse that Steph Curry made really famous,

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 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

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 Paul managed to find the secret to joy, even though he was in prison, even though he was getting to the end of life.

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 He can say, I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

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 Before that, he says, I have learned the secret.

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 In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.

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 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

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 If you were in prison, or if you were trapped in the hospital, would you have joy?

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 That's a good question just for us to reflect on.

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 The likelihood is no.

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 But my guess is that if we were to really understand the heart of God,

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 if we would truly understand why we were here, it would take you a while,

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 but it won't take you too long before you realize that actually you are capable of joy,

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 even when you're in prison, even when you're in the hospital,

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 even when circumstances aren't going the way that you want them to.

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 You won't have happiness.

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 You're not happy about being there.

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 You're not happy about being in the job that you're in or the current life situation you're in,

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 but yet you will have joy.

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 Happiness reacts like you would on Disneyland Main Street, but joy transcends.

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 I want to open up the word and talk about two people who I think had that secret.

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 Had that secret.

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 Paul says,

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 I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need.

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 Two people that ties in with our Christmas theme is actually two pregnant ladies.

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 Two pregnant ladies, Elizabeth and Mary.

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 And I want to read it to you.

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 So if you can turn with me to Luke chapter 1.

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 Luke chapter 1.

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 We are right on topic here.

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 We're talking about the Christmas story about Mary and Elizabeth.

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 Chapter 1, verse 39.

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 Actually, we haven't done this for a while.

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 Can I invite us to stand for the word of the Lord?

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 Well done to the people who were on beanbags.

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 You made it.

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 Chapter 1, verse 39.

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 In those days Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country to a town in Judah.

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 And she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.

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 And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the baby leaped in her womb.

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 And Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

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 And she exclaimed with a loud cry,

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 Blessed are you among women.

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 And blessed is the fruit of your womb.

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 And why is this granted to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

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 For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears,

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 the baby in my womb leaped for joy.

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 And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her from the Lord.

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 And Mary said,

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 My soul magnifies the Lord.

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 And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.

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 And for he has looked on the humblest estate of his servant.

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 For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed.

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 For he who is mighty has done great things for me.

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 And holy is his name.

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 And his mercy is for those who fear him from generation to generation.

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 He has shown strength with his arm.

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 He has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.

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 He has brought down the mighty from their thrones.

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 And exalted those of humble estate.

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 He has filled the hungry with good things.

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 And the rich he has sent away empty.

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 He has helped his servant Israel in remembrance of his mercy.

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 As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his offspring forever.

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 This is the word of the Lord.

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 Take a seat.

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 And reading that passage just reminded me,

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 Ellie, your song choices were on point.

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 My goodness.

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 So, picture this.

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 Two pregnant ladies.

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 One whose husband meets an angel.

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 Completely silenced by it.

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 And tells, hey, you're going to have a baby boy.

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 It's going to be called John.

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 And so Elizabeth is pregnant.

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 But I want to tell you a little bit more about Elizabeth.

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 She was advanced in years.

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 So she was an old lady.

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 She tried long, many, many years.

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 And yet she still couldn't have a baby.

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 And in that society, at that point, children,

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 well, they still are deemed as blessings today.

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 Most of the time.

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 But children were a real blessing.

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 When you do something well and you get a child,

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 that's a huge blessing.

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 That's a gift.

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 So imagine Zechariah and Elizabeth all these years.

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 Actually, chapter 1, verse 6.

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 And they were both righteous before God,

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 walking blamelessly in all the commandments and the statutes of the Lord.

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 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren,

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 and both were advanced in years.

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 Wow.

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 If I made it into the Bible and had that description,

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 and righteous before God,

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 walking blamelessly in all the commandments and the statutes of the Lord,

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 that would be pretty cool.

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 That's a good CV.

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 And so they've done everything right, yet they don't have a child.

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 And of course, the stigma that would come.

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 Can you imagine Christmas dinners?

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 Can you just like, oh, you're still waiting?

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 Are you guys going to have children?

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 Can you imagine the shame, the stigma that comes from getting that constantly,

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 every Christmas, every family meal?

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 I have reason to believe that the Jewish culture

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 was probably quite similar to the Chinese one.

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 Both love food, and both fellowship there,

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 and of course then just throw shade there across the dinner table constantly, right?

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 So that's the backdrop.

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 And finally, finally her husband goes to work,

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 meets an angel, comes back mute,

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 and she has a baby.

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 Like all her dreams, all in one Christmas.

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 And then, so she's pregnant, and she's like,

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 wow, this is a huge thing.

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 And then her relative Mary has a similar encounter,

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 and is also pregnant.

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 And both of them have joy.

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 I mean, as I just read that,

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 can you just imagine the interaction,

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 the encounter when they both met?

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 Ah, you're pregnant.

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 Ah, you're pregnant.

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 Ah!

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 So there's just constant joy that fills the room.

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 And this leads me to my first point.

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 In order to have joy, there's one thing that needs to happen.

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 You can't have jealousy.

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 With jealousy, there is no joy.

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 Can you just imagine again, just being in Elizabeth's shoes.

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 She's taken years,

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 you waited years and years and years

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 to get the social standing that she's really wanted,

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 to get the baby that she's really wanted,

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 to have the silent husband that she's always been waiting for.

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 And here we have,

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 and I've finally got the baby that I want.

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 And yet my relative, teenage Mary,

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 who's not even married yet,

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 has a baby too.

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 She knows nothing.

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 She knows nothing about what it means to wait.

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 Can you imagine the bitterness

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 that could have come from Elizabeth's heart?

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 And yet she doesn't.

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 She's just so excited.

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 She's filled with joy,

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 which tells me that with joy,

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 there has to be no jealousy.

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 What is jealousy?

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 Because jealousy is looking at what somebody else has

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 and really wanting that thing, right?

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 Because I look at Gabriel today,

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 and some of us, six of us,

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 have noticed that Gabriel has a new hairstyle.

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 Can you see?

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 Just incredible what a girlfriend does to you.

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 And I look and I see,

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 he's now going to be called Astro Boy from now.

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 But of course, there may be,

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 and those of you who hang around me long enough

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 will know that I'm quite sensitive,

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 or I'm quite alert and aware

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 to people's hairstyles and their hair choices,

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 for no reason, really.

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 But jealousy is me looking at Gabriel and going,

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 ah, I want that hair.

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 That's why hanging out with someone like Derek

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 makes me really happy.

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 All right?

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 Yeah?

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 No jealousy there.

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 In fact, stood next to Derek,

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 I am called Longhair.

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 And he is...

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 But in order to have joy,

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 you need to surrender jealousy.

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 Theodore Roosevelt said,

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 comparison is the thief of joy.

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 Comparison is the thief of joy.

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 So the reason why you are not joyful,

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 there may be something to do with the fact

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 that you are actually jealous.

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 You're like, oh, I'm not jealous.

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 Well, what is jealousy?

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 Jealousy is looking at someone

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 who has something that you want.

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 Actually, envy is closely tied to that.

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 Envy is looking at someone and going,

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 actually, not only do I want what you want,

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 I don't want you to have it.

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 That's envy.

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 The fact that you have hair makes me upset.

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 It offends me.

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 That's envy.

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 So jealousy and envy are both, actually,

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 big problems when it comes to joy.

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 And I totally agree with Roosevelt.

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 Comparison is the thief of joy.

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 Because you get jealous when you look at someone

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 and go, oh, well, I kind of want what they want.

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 I kind of want...

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 Why don't I have what they want?

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 They say that, actually,

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 children start comparing when they're seven years old.

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 That's when they start being aware

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 that they're different to other people.

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 We moved to Hong Kong five years ago.

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 And actually, what day is it today?

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 17th.

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 I think we arrived today, five years ago.

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 Yeah, I think we arrived today, five years ago.

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 Ruben was six.

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 And so he was just before that.

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 And I remember so clearly.

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 We were so, so blessed.

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 And we got into this school.

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 And it was just a wonderful time.

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 And then we would catch the MTR from TKO

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 to Kowloon Tong, where the school was at.

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 And I remember Ruben asking me,

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 shortly after he turned seven,

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 he's like, oh, Daddy, why don't we have a car?

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 Why don't we have a car?

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 I said, well, Ruben, we don't need a car in Hong Kong.

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 It's okay.

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 We had a car in the UK.

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 He's like, oh, but we didn't have the car

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 that all my friends have.

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 I'm like, what's the difference with our car

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 and your friend's car?

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 Well, their cars do this.

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 It opens up like this.

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 And it was like, oh, oh, that's interesting.

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 That's interesting that he starts to be aware

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 and alert what other people have.

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 And that really is the comparison

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 that really then leads to jealousy.

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 But then really, because I told him,

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 it doesn't matter.

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 We don't need this.

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 We have the big machine that does this on the MTR.

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 That's even better.

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 Our car could fit so many more people.

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 And it's not a subjective traffic jam.

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 So it's good.

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 Do you have comparison in your heart?

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 If you're not fully joyful,

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 and I think joy is a hard thing to come by.

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 To have real joy.

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 I mean, Grace, I think you exhibit joy to me

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 when I'm around you.

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 I'm like, oh, she's joyful.

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 It causes me to be joyful.

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 A couple of weeks ago when we had Watoto,

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 the kids were like, oh my goodness,

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 that joy is infectious.

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 Absolutely infectious, right?

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 And we had them over for our house for dinner.

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 And they were just like, they don't have much,

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 yet they have joy.

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 And I think the joy is the most invaluable thing

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 in the world.

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 I'd said before, last year when I was in Nairobi

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 and I was meeting kids,

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 and they had kids who were living in the slums

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 who don't have anything.

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 And I just saw this group of kids

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 just huddled around this one kid.

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 Why?

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 Because this one kid had a pair of rollerblades

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 just as a gift to him.

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 And of course, that pair of rollerblades

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 had probably been passed down six different owners.

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 And it was completely falling apart,

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 yet those kids had joy.

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 And I was like, man, that is priceless.

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 Not comparing anything.

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 And yet here we are,

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 they're just filled with joy.

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 Do you compare?

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 Do you look around and go,

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 well, people at my age,

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 all those people at my age

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 have this already, have that already.

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 They're doing this already.

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 That's the thing that stops us from having joy.

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 Because comparison then leads to jealousy,

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 which ultimately then leads to us

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 just completely feeling as though we have this void.

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 So in order to get to joy,

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 I think we have to surrender any jealousy we have.

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 Elizabeth here, just read,

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 just verse 41.

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 And when Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary,

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 the baby leaped in her womb

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 and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit

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 and she exclaimed,

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 blessed are you among women

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 and blessed is the fruit of your womb.

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 I don't know if I would be saying that

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 if I was Elizabeth having waited years and years

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 and years for a baby

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 and now this teen mom relative that I have

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 comes in and just has a baby too.

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 It wouldn't be that.

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 I think I'd be just kind of holding my tongue.

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 Oh yeah, yeah.

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 We're the same.

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 We're the same.

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 We're not the same.

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 And yet Elizabeth here is empty

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 of all of that kind of jealousy.

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 She has no comparison.

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 She is just filled with joy.

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 Even before Mary arrives,

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 her baby in her womb is leaping with joy.

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 Comparison.

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 Surrender that comparison

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 if we want to have the joy

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 that actually we so deeply need.

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 Joy comes when there is no more jealousy.

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 The second thing I think is this.

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 We also need humility.

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 So first, surrender jealousy.

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 The second thing that we need is

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 we need to surrender humility.

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 If we look at that verse,

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 verse 42,

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 Blessed are you among women.

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 Blessed is the fruit of your womb.

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 And verse 43 says,

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 And why is this granted to me

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 that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

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 That is the humility that you'd need to have.

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 Man!

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 Elizabeth, respect.

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 She's like the mother of my Lord.

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 This humility that comes

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 is what allows her to have the joy

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 that she needs to have.

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 What is humility?

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 Of course, the opposite,

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 you could say, is pride.

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 Now, when you compare,

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 then you lead to jealousy.

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 What you're actually saying is,

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 actually, you're not happy

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 with what God has given you.

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 Okay?

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 So there is a discontent that you have.

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 What you're really saying

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 when you're comparing and looking

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 is that,

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 Huh, why do I get it?

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 But why do they get that?

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 There's an entitled aspect to this.

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 Because you're like,

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 Oh God,

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 you know what you're actually saying?

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 God, I don't think you're being fair.

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 I don't think you love me.

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 I don't think,

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 I don't think I can trust you.

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 That's what you're actually saying.

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 There's the pride that's coming there.

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 But when you have humility

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 and when you empty yourself of that,

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 you're happy.

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 You're happy.

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 I'm happy, therefore,

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 when I look at someone

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 with a head full of hair

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 who doesn't have their hair cut by God

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 into this look now.

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 And I'd be like,

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 I'm happy for you that you have hair.

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 I mean, of course,

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 that's just a hair thing.

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 Clearly, I'm over it.

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 I don't need,

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00:19:46.620 --> 00:19:47.079
 I don't need,

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 yeah, we're good, right?

00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:50.559
 We're good, we're good.

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 We're totally good.

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 Humility.

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 If the comparison that leads to jealousy

00:19:56.699 --> 00:19:58.460
 really is a discontent with God,

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 humility is going,

00:20:00.759 --> 00:20:01.079
 actually, God,

00:20:01.119 --> 00:20:01.980
 I don't deserve anything.

00:20:03.379 --> 00:20:04.599
 I'm so grateful for whatever

00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:05.740
 you've given me.

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 That's a different kind of vibe.

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 That's the thing that leads to joy.

00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:11.000
 You see,

00:20:11.299 --> 00:20:12.460
 verse 44,

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 she doesn't only have it herself,

00:20:14.299 --> 00:20:14.539
 Elizabeth,

00:20:14.539 --> 00:20:15.579
 verse 44.

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 For behold,

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 when the sound of your greeting

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 came to my ears,

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 the baby in my womb

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 leaped for joy.

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 Who's the baby?

00:20:22.559 --> 00:20:23.200
 John the Baptist.

00:20:23.599 --> 00:20:24.379
 John the Baptist,

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 he comes,

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 and he's a miracle in himself.

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 And yet,

00:20:28.359 --> 00:20:29.059
 in the womb,

00:20:29.159 --> 00:20:30.279
 he is leaping for joy.

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 He has a humility

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 that actually is,

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 I think,

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 passed down from his mother.

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 And now,

00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:35.359
 we know that when

00:20:35.359 --> 00:20:36.359
 John the Baptist grows up,

00:20:36.440 --> 00:20:38.180
 he is an intense man.

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 He's living in the wilderness.

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 He's dressed in a really

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 interesting way.

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 And yet,

00:20:43.259 --> 00:20:43.659
 he is,

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 he is fully humble.

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 You see in John chapter 30,

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 John chapter 3,

00:20:48.380 --> 00:20:48.540
 sorry,

00:20:48.820 --> 00:20:49.860
 verse 29 and 30,

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 finally,

00:20:51.080 --> 00:20:52.759
 John the Baptist grows up.

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 So this is the same baby

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 that jumped for joy in the womb.

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 And then verse 29,

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 he says this,

00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.500
 John chapter 3,

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 verse 29,

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 the one who has the bride

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 is the bridegroom.

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 The friend of the bridegroom

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 who stands and hears him

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 rejoices greatly

00:21:04.440 --> 00:21:05.460
 at the bridegroom's voice.

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 Therefore,

00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:07.140
 this joy of mine

00:21:07.140 --> 00:21:08.140
 is now complete.

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 This leaping for joy

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 at the beginning,

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 even when he was still

00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:11.960
 in the womb,

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 is now complete

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 because he gets to meet

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 his risen Lord.

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 Well,

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 he's not a risen Lord yet.

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 Not yet.

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 He meets his Lord.

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 The joy of mine

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 is now complete.

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 And then the famous verse

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 comes after that,

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 he must increase,

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 I must decrease.

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 That is humility.

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 If you want joy,

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 first,

00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:29.319
 you surrender jealousy.

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 Second,

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 you embrace humility.

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 You're like,

00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:33.019
 oh God,

00:21:33.059 --> 00:21:34.599
 I don't deserve anything at all.

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 And yet,

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 you would shower me

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 with all the blessings

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 that you've given me.

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 My joy is now complete.

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 Just like John the Baptist

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 has that kind of humility.

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 His joy is completed,

00:21:45.680 --> 00:21:47.940
 is peaking through the waiting,

00:21:48.779 --> 00:21:49.779
 through the anticipation.

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 He humbles himself

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 because actually,

00:21:52.400 --> 00:21:52.880
 what is pride?

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.440
 Pride is saying,

00:21:53.519 --> 00:21:54.100
 I want this

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 and I want it now.

00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:56.400
 Right?

00:21:57.600 --> 00:21:58.519
 Humility is saying,

00:21:58.600 --> 00:21:58.799
 God,

00:21:58.900 --> 00:22:00.120
 whatever you want,

00:22:00.799 --> 00:22:02.160
 whenever you want to give it to me,

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 I'll take it then.

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 That is what we're looking for.

00:22:07.140 --> 00:22:07.299
 Of course,

00:22:07.340 --> 00:22:08.060
 C.S. Lewis says,

00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:09.840
 the famous quote about humility,

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 humility is not thinking

00:22:11.339 --> 00:22:12.259
 any less of yourself,

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 it's simply thinking

00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:14.980
 of yourself less.

00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:17.000
 I think a lot of us

00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:17.740
 struggle with joy

00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.459
 because we're thinking

00:22:18.459 --> 00:22:19.679
 of ourselves too much.

00:22:20.899 --> 00:22:21.659
 Because we're thinking

00:22:21.659 --> 00:22:22.459
 of ourselves too much.

00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:22.779
 And yes,

00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:23.419
 some of us think

00:22:23.419 --> 00:22:24.599
 a lot of ourselves too.

00:22:24.939 --> 00:22:26.000
 But when we're thinking

00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:26.740
 of ourselves too much,

00:22:26.759 --> 00:22:27.740
 when we're just consumed

00:22:27.740 --> 00:22:28.659
 of all our own thoughts,

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 then that's what

00:22:29.459 --> 00:22:30.299
 deprives us of joy.

00:22:31.079 --> 00:22:32.079
 So if we want joy,

00:22:32.419 --> 00:22:33.059
 then not only do we

00:22:33.059 --> 00:22:34.159
 surrender jealousy,

00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:35.439
 we embrace humility

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 and we just stop thinking

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 about ourselves.

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.639
 Because here's the thing,

00:22:39.640 --> 00:22:40.780
 joy is actually selfless.

00:22:41.820 --> 00:22:42.600
 It's selfless.

00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:44.700
 When you look beyond yourself,

00:22:44.860 --> 00:22:45.960
 that is how you will

00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:47.560
 get the joy that you want.

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 And John the Baptist

00:22:48.560 --> 00:22:49.140
 has this,

00:22:49.480 --> 00:22:50.140
 I met Jesus,

00:22:50.300 --> 00:22:51.180
 I'm looking at him,

00:22:51.340 --> 00:22:52.880
 now my joy is complete.

00:22:54.060 --> 00:22:55.720
 He knows who he is.

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 Now he's a miracle in himself.

00:22:57.540 --> 00:22:58.340
 He has a whole band

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 of followers

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 that actually,

00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:01.180
 he had a lot of hype

00:23:01.180 --> 00:23:02.360
 and he had a lot of ability.

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 And yet now Jesus comes,

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 he's still filled

00:23:05.140 --> 00:23:06.140
 with joy at that moment.

00:23:06.259 --> 00:23:06.440
 Why?

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 Because he's like,

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 now my joy is complete.

00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:09.559
 Hey, I'm only the best man here.

00:23:10.620 --> 00:23:11.839
 So what is another part

00:23:11.839 --> 00:23:12.299
 of humility?

00:23:12.620 --> 00:23:13.680
 It's actually not only

00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.740
 thinking of yourself less,

00:23:14.880 --> 00:23:15.680
 it's simply knowing

00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:16.720
 the truth about yourself.

00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:17.700
 So actually,

00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.660
 the C.S. Lewis quote

00:23:18.660 --> 00:23:19.819
 is the one that has been

00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:21.579
 often used when describing humility.

00:23:21.799 --> 00:23:22.539
 It's not thinking

00:23:22.539 --> 00:23:23.400
 any less of yourself,

00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:24.400
 it's thinking of yourself less.

00:23:24.640 --> 00:23:25.880
 The one that I love the most

00:23:25.880 --> 00:23:27.480
 is humility is being

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:28.500
 as close to the truth

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 as possible.

00:23:30.460 --> 00:23:31.720
 Humilitas es veritas

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 is what it is.

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 You see this term

00:23:34.140 --> 00:23:34.960
 in a lot of places

00:23:34.960 --> 00:23:36.019
 because it's humility

00:23:36.019 --> 00:23:36.720
 is truth.

00:23:37.579 --> 00:23:38.380
 It's knowing exactly

00:23:38.380 --> 00:23:39.120
 who you are

00:23:39.120 --> 00:23:40.059
 and who you're not.

00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:41.400
 And in that humility,

00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:42.299
 you will have joy

00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:42.740
 because you know

00:23:42.740 --> 00:23:43.759
 exactly what you're made for.

00:23:44.420 --> 00:23:44.920
 And so you don't need

00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:45.819
 to look to the person

00:23:45.819 --> 00:23:46.480
 next to you and go,

00:23:46.700 --> 00:23:48.240
 well, why aren't I like them?

00:23:48.279 --> 00:23:48.940
 Well, you don't need

00:23:48.940 --> 00:23:49.420
 to be them

00:23:49.420 --> 00:23:50.420
 because you are you.

00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:51.539
 Right?

00:23:51.700 --> 00:23:53.259
 So this is the path,

00:23:53.340 --> 00:23:54.460
 this is the journey to joy.

00:23:54.700 --> 00:23:55.860
 How do we surrender

00:23:55.860 --> 00:23:56.319
 the jealousy?

00:23:56.460 --> 00:23:57.000
 How do we surrender

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:57.579
 the comparison?

00:23:57.840 --> 00:23:58.720
 And how do we embrace

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.200
 this humility?

00:23:59.380 --> 00:24:00.600
 God, you have made me,

00:24:00.840 --> 00:24:01.380
 you fearfully,

00:24:01.480 --> 00:24:02.059
 wonderfully made me

00:24:02.059 --> 00:24:02.420
 into this,

00:24:02.420 --> 00:24:03.279
 whatever I am.

00:24:03.519 --> 00:24:04.340
 It is unique

00:24:04.340 --> 00:24:05.640
 and I am happy with it

00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:06.500
 and I am content

00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:07.500
 because you are my God

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:09.440
 and I am your child.

00:24:10.940 --> 00:24:11.660
 That's what we should

00:24:11.660 --> 00:24:12.480
 try and be going for.

00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:13.620
 Truth allows you

00:24:13.620 --> 00:24:14.360
 to be truly humble

00:24:14.360 --> 00:24:15.460
 and it's true humility

00:24:15.460 --> 00:24:16.200
 that gives you joy.

00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:17.860
 Truth allows you

00:24:17.860 --> 00:24:18.460
 to be humble

00:24:18.460 --> 00:24:20.300
 and it's that truth

00:24:20.300 --> 00:24:21.120
 that allows you

00:24:21.120 --> 00:24:22.560
 to be truly filled

00:24:22.560 --> 00:24:23.680
 with joy.

00:24:24.080 --> 00:24:24.700
 Have you ever noticed

00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:25.800
 that people who are proud,

00:24:25.920 --> 00:24:26.500
 have a think now,

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:28.180
 someone who's really proud

00:24:28.180 --> 00:24:28.620
 in your eyes,

00:24:29.080 --> 00:24:29.720
 do they ever seem

00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:30.320
 joyful to you?

00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:33.019
 No, just someone

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:33.720
 who's really proud

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:35.139
 just doesn't seem

00:24:35.139 --> 00:24:36.059
 to be filled with joy

00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:38.839
 because they're consumed

00:24:38.839 --> 00:24:39.379
 with thinking

00:24:39.379 --> 00:24:40.480
 about themselves.

00:24:41.139 --> 00:24:41.939
 It's interesting,

00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:42.379
 isn't it?

00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:43.779
 And yet those who don't

00:24:43.779 --> 00:24:44.879
 think about themselves

00:24:44.879 --> 00:24:45.319
 anymore,

00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:47.200
 they start to be

00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:48.939
 more filled with joy.

00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:51.099
 Can we surrender that?

00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:52.419
 And that carries on

00:24:52.419 --> 00:24:53.399
 into that link

00:24:53.399 --> 00:24:54.460
 between humility and joy

00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:55.659
 passes on to Mary as well.

00:24:55.939 --> 00:24:56.899
 So they have their

00:24:56.899 --> 00:24:57.960
 little screaming session

00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:58.879
 because they're super excited

00:24:58.879 --> 00:24:59.619
 seeing each other

00:24:59.619 --> 00:25:01.259
 and then Elizabeth

00:25:01.259 --> 00:25:02.039
 says what she says

00:25:02.039 --> 00:25:03.039
 and then Mary

00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:04.159
 jumps into this song.

00:25:04.739 --> 00:25:05.779
 Her response is

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:07.479
 this song of praise,

00:25:07.739 --> 00:25:08.539
 the Magnificat,

00:25:08.679 --> 00:25:09.179
 and Mary says,

00:25:09.439 --> 00:25:11.079
 my soul magnifies the Lord

00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:12.779
 and my spirit rejoices

00:25:12.779 --> 00:25:14.059
 in God my Savior.

00:25:14.339 --> 00:25:15.500
 That is the humility

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:17.819
 that you see in Mary

00:25:17.819 --> 00:25:18.939
 that allows her

00:25:18.939 --> 00:25:19.719
 to be filled

00:25:19.719 --> 00:25:20.559
 with this joy.

00:25:21.639 --> 00:25:23.179
 This baby in her womb,

00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:25.339
 she refers to

00:25:25.339 --> 00:25:26.319
 as my Savior.

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:30.220
 my soul magnifies,

00:25:30.379 --> 00:25:31.179
 I've got this baby,

00:25:31.339 --> 00:25:32.679
 actually it's a miracle

00:25:32.679 --> 00:25:33.339
 in itself,

00:25:33.619 --> 00:25:34.579
 yet actually my soul

00:25:34.579 --> 00:25:35.939
 magnifies the Lord.

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:37.000
 Again,

00:25:37.099 --> 00:25:37.759
 it's that humility

00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:38.619
 that you see

00:25:38.619 --> 00:25:39.740
 that allows both

00:25:39.740 --> 00:25:40.220
 of these women

00:25:40.220 --> 00:25:41.480
 to have the joy

00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:42.819
 that we so crave.

00:25:43.480 --> 00:25:44.220
 If only we would

00:25:44.220 --> 00:25:45.119
 just let go of ourselves,

00:25:45.379 --> 00:25:45.939
 if only we would

00:25:45.939 --> 00:25:46.819
 just let go of what

00:25:46.819 --> 00:25:47.359
 we are seeing

00:25:47.359 --> 00:25:48.019
 in other people.

00:25:48.639 --> 00:25:49.439
 Filled with humility,

00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:50.500
 she sings this song,

00:25:50.919 --> 00:25:51.379
 my God,

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:52.319
 my Savior.

00:25:53.099 --> 00:25:54.139
 Her humility is knowing

00:25:54.140 --> 00:25:55.040
 that she needs saving.

00:25:55.660 --> 00:25:56.600
 This is interesting

00:25:56.600 --> 00:25:57.320
 because again,

00:25:57.540 --> 00:25:59.340
 earlier in Luke chapter 1,

00:25:59.600 --> 00:26:00.960
 when angel Gabriel appears,

00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:03.140
 the angel says,

00:26:03.300 --> 00:26:03.660
 greetings,

00:26:03.860 --> 00:26:04.540
 oh favored one,

00:26:05.080 --> 00:26:05.900
 the Lord is with you.

00:26:06.440 --> 00:26:07.240
 She's favored.

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:10.100
 She's a good person

00:26:10.100 --> 00:26:11.280
 and yet still

00:26:11.280 --> 00:26:12.140
 she needs saving.

00:26:12.660 --> 00:26:13.840
 I think so many of us,

00:26:13.980 --> 00:26:14.820
 we don't have joy

00:26:14.820 --> 00:26:15.840
 because we actually forget

00:26:15.840 --> 00:26:16.920
 that we need saving.

00:26:18.580 --> 00:26:19.720
 Because if we were saved,

00:26:19.780 --> 00:26:20.700
 if we truly understood

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:22.440
 of our need to be rescued,

00:26:22.660 --> 00:26:23.620
 our need for a savior,

00:26:23.619 --> 00:26:24.819
 we would be filled with joy

00:26:24.819 --> 00:26:25.699
 when that savior comes.

00:26:26.179 --> 00:26:27.179
 Because when we don't know

00:26:27.179 --> 00:26:27.759
 that we're drowning,

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:28.899
 then we're like,

00:26:28.939 --> 00:26:30.259
 oh, this sucks.

00:26:31.139 --> 00:26:32.459
 But when you're drowning

00:26:32.459 --> 00:26:33.419
 and someone comes to save you,

00:26:33.459 --> 00:26:34.059
 you're suddenly filled

00:26:34.059 --> 00:26:34.500
 with gratitude.

00:26:34.739 --> 00:26:34.939
 You're like,

00:26:34.979 --> 00:26:35.239
 whoa,

00:26:35.719 --> 00:26:36.539
 if it wasn't for you,

00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:37.219
 I would be dead.

00:26:38.379 --> 00:26:39.500
 That's the same humility

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:40.799
 that met my savior.

00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:41.739
 The baby in her womb,

00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:43.099
 she knows is going to be

00:26:43.099 --> 00:26:43.979
 her savior.

00:26:47.819 --> 00:26:48.439
 Here's the thing.

00:26:49.739 --> 00:26:50.679
 How many of us

00:26:50.679 --> 00:26:52.099
 really truly understand

00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:52.979
 our need for a savior?

00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:54.299
 Christmas might not

00:26:54.299 --> 00:26:55.079
 fill us with joy

00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:56.200
 because I think sometimes

00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:57.980
 we don't really think

00:26:57.980 --> 00:26:58.620
 we need a savior.

00:26:59.980 --> 00:27:00.259
 We're like,

00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:01.059
 well, I'm doing fine.

00:27:01.400 --> 00:27:01.980
 I'm doing okay.

00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:02.799
 I'm treading water.

00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:04.420
 But you don't know

00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:05.319
 the joy that comes

00:27:05.319 --> 00:27:06.279
 with being lifted out

00:27:06.279 --> 00:27:06.759
 of the water

00:27:06.759 --> 00:27:07.640
 so you don't have

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.660
 to tread water anymore.

00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:11.059
 When you're trying

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:11.940
 to strain and strive

00:27:11.940 --> 00:27:13.140
 and not drown,

00:27:14.740 --> 00:27:15.180
 you don't know

00:27:15.180 --> 00:27:16.180
 the gratitude

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:17.779
 that we all need

00:27:17.779 --> 00:27:19.019
 in order to have this joy.

00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:19.740
 She carries on.

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:21.339
 Verse 47,

00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:23.240
 my spirit rejoices

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:24.099
 in God my savior

00:27:24.099 --> 00:27:25.039
 for he has looked

00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:26.019
 on the humble estate

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:26.880
 of his servant.

00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:27.940
 For behold,

00:27:28.000 --> 00:27:28.500
 from now on

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:29.240
 all generations

00:27:29.240 --> 00:27:30.099
 will call me blessed.

00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:33.059
 This is Mother Mary

00:27:33.059 --> 00:27:33.400
 going,

00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:34.799
 he looked on me,

00:27:34.960 --> 00:27:36.000
 the humble estate.

00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:37.579
 Why don't we have joy

00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:37.980
 sometimes?

00:27:38.200 --> 00:27:38.819
 Because we're like,

00:27:38.859 --> 00:27:39.079
 God,

00:27:39.940 --> 00:27:41.140
 why don't you use me?

00:27:42.000 --> 00:27:43.140
 I have so much

00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:44.200
 going for me.

00:27:44.780 --> 00:27:45.920
 I have so many gifts.

00:27:46.320 --> 00:27:47.360
 I'm not being utilized.

00:27:47.560 --> 00:27:48.580
 I'm not being maximized

00:27:48.580 --> 00:27:49.140
 for the kingdom.

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:52.259
 We don't refer to ourselves

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:53.180
 as the humble estate.

00:27:54.680 --> 00:27:55.500
 Don't we have that?

00:27:55.620 --> 00:27:55.980
 And then we're like,

00:27:56.020 --> 00:27:56.580
 oh, you know,

00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:57.820
 the stuff that I'm doing

00:27:57.820 --> 00:27:58.500
 is not enough.

00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:00.320
 I should be doing

00:28:00.320 --> 00:28:01.320
 more for God.

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:02.700
 I should be doing

00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.680
 all these crazy things

00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:04.280
 because of my mind.

00:28:04.360 --> 00:28:04.780
 I've got such

00:28:04.780 --> 00:28:05.900
 an intellectual mind.

00:28:06.100 --> 00:28:07.460
 I should be gifting people

00:28:07.460 --> 00:28:08.700
 with this mind.

00:28:09.660 --> 00:28:10.300
 And that's when

00:28:10.300 --> 00:28:10.860
 you don't have joy.

00:28:10.859 --> 00:28:12.199
 I'm so talented.

00:28:12.439 --> 00:28:13.179
 I'm not saying this

00:28:13.179 --> 00:28:13.740
 about me, by the way.

00:28:13.939 --> 00:28:15.359
 I'm so talented

00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:16.619
 musically.

00:28:16.740 --> 00:28:17.339
 Why isn't God

00:28:17.339 --> 00:28:18.019
 using me more?

00:28:18.099 --> 00:28:18.799
 Why isn't the church

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:19.879
 asking me to do more?

00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:23.599
 Mary looks on herself

00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:24.459
 as a humble estate.

00:28:26.219 --> 00:28:27.099
 Pride is the thing

00:28:27.099 --> 00:28:27.959
 that robs us of joy.

00:28:29.259 --> 00:28:30.319
 Comparison is the thing

00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:32.119
 that robs us of joy.

00:28:33.839 --> 00:28:35.379
 And it's in this society.

00:28:35.579 --> 00:28:36.179
 I was just talking

00:28:36.179 --> 00:28:37.339
 to Aaron the other day

00:28:37.339 --> 00:28:38.339
 because it's hard

00:28:38.339 --> 00:28:39.439
 doing ministry in Hong Kong

00:28:39.440 --> 00:28:40.860
 because comparison

00:28:40.860 --> 00:28:42.200
 is everywhere.

00:28:42.680 --> 00:28:43.660
 Even when you're not

00:28:43.660 --> 00:28:44.440
 with people.

00:28:44.900 --> 00:28:45.640
 Even when you're just

00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:46.900
 walking through the MTR.

00:28:47.360 --> 00:28:48.019
 You're looking at

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.740
 all these posters

00:28:48.740 --> 00:28:49.420
 that tell you

00:28:49.420 --> 00:28:49.940
 all the things

00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:50.740
 that you don't have.

00:28:52.019 --> 00:28:52.460
 And you're like,

00:28:52.480 --> 00:28:52.700
 oh, well,

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.860
 you don't have this.

00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:55.299
 Your teeth aren't

00:28:55.299 --> 00:28:56.400
 as white as this guy's.

00:28:57.759 --> 00:28:58.740
 You don't have this

00:28:58.740 --> 00:28:59.440
 kind of family.

00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:00.460
 You don't have this.

00:29:00.820 --> 00:29:01.759
 And so you're just like,

00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:02.759
 oh, oh,

00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:03.400
 I don't have,

00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:03.840
 I don't have,

00:29:03.839 --> 00:29:04.679
 I don't have.

00:29:05.919 --> 00:29:07.259
 And then you meet people.

00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:08.119
 You're like,

00:29:08.139 --> 00:29:08.740
 oh, yeah, yeah,

00:29:08.740 --> 00:29:09.220
 I'm doing this.

00:29:09.339 --> 00:29:11.359
 I'm going to Naseko

00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:12.039
 with my friends

00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:13.159
 this weekend.

00:29:13.259 --> 00:29:13.779
 I'm doing this.

00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:14.279
 I'm doing that.

00:29:14.339 --> 00:29:14.679
 I'm doing that.

00:29:14.699 --> 00:29:15.179
 And you're just like,

00:29:15.179 --> 00:29:16.679
 oh, oh.

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:19.079
 Yeah, yeah.

00:29:19.139 --> 00:29:20.119
 And then you're suddenly like,

00:29:20.139 --> 00:29:20.839
 oh, I'm not happy.

00:29:20.939 --> 00:29:22.319
 I'm not filled with joy

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:23.339
 because I'm constantly comparing.

00:29:23.459 --> 00:29:23.980
 I'm constantly trying

00:29:23.980 --> 00:29:24.959
 to think about myself.

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:27.119
 Elizabeth for Mary.

00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:28.599
 Elizabeth for Mary.

00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:30.299
 No jealousy or humility.

00:29:31.379 --> 00:29:32.179
 And then her song,

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:33.019
 which I won't have time

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.720
 to break down today,

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:34.960
 the final point is this.

00:29:35.420 --> 00:29:36.960
 In order for us to have joy,

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:38.220
 we have to show gratitude.

00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:40.400
 In order for us to have joy,

00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:41.319
 we have to show gratitude.

00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:42.960
 This song that Mary sings

00:29:42.960 --> 00:29:43.960
 that just breaks out

00:29:43.960 --> 00:29:45.099
 into freestyle rap,

00:29:45.740 --> 00:29:46.980
 at least that's how

00:29:46.980 --> 00:29:47.859
 I like to think it is.

00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:50.160
 Because I can just imagine

00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:51.379
 Elizabeth just starts beatboxing

00:29:51.379 --> 00:29:52.759
 and then Mary starts

00:29:52.759 --> 00:29:54.200
 to wrap this song out.

00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:56.619
 She's saying,

00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:57.319
 actually,

00:29:57.859 --> 00:29:58.639
 God, my Savior,

00:29:58.740 --> 00:30:00.139
 he's done so many great things.

00:30:01.139 --> 00:30:02.099
 He has done so,

00:30:02.099 --> 00:30:03.839
 if you are lacking joy right now,

00:30:03.919 --> 00:30:04.619
 maybe the first thing

00:30:04.619 --> 00:30:05.159
 that you need to do

00:30:05.159 --> 00:30:05.819
 is stop and go,

00:30:05.899 --> 00:30:06.019
 actually,

00:30:06.079 --> 00:30:06.639
 what are the blessings

00:30:06.639 --> 00:30:07.319
 that he's given me?

00:30:07.959 --> 00:30:08.219
 Actually,

00:30:08.259 --> 00:30:09.039
 what do I already have?

00:30:09.159 --> 00:30:09.379
 Wait,

00:30:09.480 --> 00:30:11.899
 I am sat here in church

00:30:11.899 --> 00:30:12.939
 on a Sunday morning

00:30:12.939 --> 00:30:13.639
 breathing

00:30:13.639 --> 00:30:15.639
 without any pain

00:30:15.639 --> 00:30:16.259
 in my body,

00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:17.199
 or maybe there is some,

00:30:17.439 --> 00:30:18.799
 but without excessive pain

00:30:18.799 --> 00:30:19.740
 in my body.

00:30:21.819 --> 00:30:22.419
 And sorry,

00:30:22.539 --> 00:30:23.500
 just to kind of

00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:24.099
 be patronizing,

00:30:24.219 --> 00:30:25.079
 and I can hear,

00:30:25.439 --> 00:30:26.419
 and I can see,

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:28.640
 and I can speak,

00:30:29.380 --> 00:30:30.700
 and I can eat food

00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:32.060
 without,

00:30:32.700 --> 00:30:34.519
 there are so many things

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:35.320
 to be thankful for.

00:30:37.320 --> 00:30:38.580
 For he who is mighty

00:30:38.580 --> 00:30:39.519
 has done great things.

00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:40.900
 What is she thanking?

00:30:41.060 --> 00:30:42.300
 What is the holistic gratitude?

00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:43.740
 It's not even really

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.519
 just about her,

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.680
 what the things

00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:46.880
 the Lord has given to her.

00:30:47.580 --> 00:30:48.580
 She's just giving thanks

00:30:48.580 --> 00:30:49.500
 for who he is.

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:50.960
 If you look,

00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:51.640
 verse 49,

00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:53.540
 for he who is mighty,

00:30:53.860 --> 00:30:54.380
 verse 50,

00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:55.960
 and his mercy,

00:30:56.220 --> 00:30:56.820
 verse 51,

00:30:57.080 --> 00:30:58.540
 and his strength,

00:30:58.800 --> 00:30:59.500
 and verse 52,

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.680
 and brought down the mighty

00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:01.440
 from their thrones,

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:02.060
 for he,

00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:02.700
 verse 53,

00:31:02.840 --> 00:31:04.240
 and he is filled with hungry

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:05.400
 with good things.

00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:08.280
 She's giving thanks for him.

00:31:09.080 --> 00:31:10.680
 That's what leads to the joy.

00:31:12.120 --> 00:31:12.980
 That's the gratitude

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:14.720
 that we all need to have.

00:31:14.900 --> 00:31:16.140
 She is focused completely

00:31:16.140 --> 00:31:17.000
 away from herself

00:31:17.000 --> 00:31:17.480
 onto him.

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.600
 How much do we do that?

00:31:19.360 --> 00:31:20.100
 A couple years ago,

00:31:20.140 --> 00:31:20.900
 I was finding myself

00:31:20.900 --> 00:31:22.780
 being a bit of a grumpy man.

00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:23.519
 Of course,

00:31:23.580 --> 00:31:24.340
 during the whole COVID,

00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:24.820
 I think it was probably

00:31:24.820 --> 00:31:25.720
 towards the end of 2020,

00:31:26.380 --> 00:31:26.860
 and I was just like,

00:31:26.980 --> 00:31:28.480
 everything sucks.

00:31:28.600 --> 00:31:28.940
 Life sucks,

00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:29.980
 and it really doesn't,

00:31:30.100 --> 00:31:31.180
 but we think it does.

00:31:32.480 --> 00:31:34.960
 Maybe my harshest moment

00:31:34.960 --> 00:31:36.000
 is for me,

00:31:36.080 --> 00:31:36.560
 when the Lord

00:31:36.560 --> 00:31:37.140
 kind of just gave me

00:31:37.140 --> 00:31:37.800
 a little gentle

00:31:37.800 --> 00:31:38.920
 or quite hard slap

00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:39.480
 around the face,

00:31:39.800 --> 00:31:40.720
 was when I was talking

00:31:40.720 --> 00:31:41.860
 to some of my colleagues

00:31:41.860 --> 00:31:43.519
 in Ukraine,

00:31:43.900 --> 00:31:45.780
 and I started first

00:31:45.780 --> 00:31:46.280
 in the sharing,

00:31:46.380 --> 00:31:47.220
 in the little group sharing.

00:31:47.360 --> 00:31:48.320
 How's things in Hong Kong?

00:31:48.420 --> 00:31:48.600
 I was like,

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:48.840
 man,

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:50.880
 things are rough.

00:31:51.600 --> 00:31:52.100
 The restaurants

00:31:52.100 --> 00:31:53.040
 are closing at six.

00:31:54.380 --> 00:31:55.680
 I can only sit

00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:56.700
 on a table of two.

00:31:58.880 --> 00:31:59.600
 We can't even,

00:31:59.680 --> 00:32:00.220
 we can't even,

00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:01.660
 not allowed to go

00:32:01.660 --> 00:32:02.080
 to Disneyland.

00:32:02.300 --> 00:32:03.040
 Disneyland's closed.

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:04.120
 The happiest place

00:32:04.120 --> 00:32:05.000
 in the world is closed,

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:06.759
 so I'm not happy.

00:32:08.720 --> 00:32:09.820
 And then they're like,

00:32:09.860 --> 00:32:10.400
 oh, yeah,

00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:10.900
 that's a,

00:32:11.160 --> 00:32:11.340
 yeah,

00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:12.220
 yeah.

00:32:13.080 --> 00:32:13.720
 Oh, James,

00:32:13.840 --> 00:32:14.560
 sucks to be you.

00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:14.740
 Yeah.

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:15.800
 And then it was

00:32:15.800 --> 00:32:16.500
 the Ukraine guys

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:16.680
 time,

00:32:16.759 --> 00:32:17.160
 oh,

00:32:18.420 --> 00:32:18.720
 also,

00:32:18.780 --> 00:32:19.140
 sorry, James,

00:32:19.140 --> 00:32:19.620
 I've got to go.

00:32:19.800 --> 00:32:20.340
 There's a bomb

00:32:20.340 --> 00:32:21.180
 that's just gone off

00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:22.120
 right next to my house.

00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:24.520
 And I was just like,

00:32:25.140 --> 00:32:26.040
 okay, James,

00:32:26.220 --> 00:32:27.020
 okay, James,

00:32:27.060 --> 00:32:28.100
 you need to get a grip.

00:32:28.520 --> 00:32:29.980
 You need to get a grip.

00:32:31.740 --> 00:32:32.100
 Man.

00:32:33.040 --> 00:32:33.620
 And so what I did,

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:33.900
 actually,

00:32:34.020 --> 00:32:34.420
 Christine and I,

00:32:34.480 --> 00:32:34.920
 we did this,

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:36.040
 and those of you

00:32:36.040 --> 00:32:36.880
 who've come to our house

00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:37.600
 and had dinner with us,

00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:38.300
 you'll know what we do.

00:32:38.660 --> 00:32:39.560
 We do something called

00:32:39.560 --> 00:32:40.300
 a gratitude journal.

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.500
 Every night,

00:32:41.720 --> 00:32:42.080
 every night,

00:32:42.120 --> 00:32:43.060
 we'll sit around the table,

00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:44.340
 actually,

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:44.720
 we'll just,

00:32:45.100 --> 00:32:45.860
 before we go to sleep,

00:32:45.859 --> 00:32:46.899
 and we'll write down

00:32:46.899 --> 00:32:47.559
 something that we're

00:32:47.559 --> 00:32:48.059
 thankful for.

00:32:48.639 --> 00:32:49.079
 Every night,

00:32:49.159 --> 00:32:49.839
 just like clockwork,

00:32:49.879 --> 00:32:50.619
 we just have to do it.

00:32:51.019 --> 00:32:51.759
 And there'll be days

00:32:51.759 --> 00:32:52.439
 where it's kind of like,

00:32:52.500 --> 00:32:52.679
 I mean,

00:32:52.859 --> 00:32:53.500
 especially Alicia,

00:32:53.719 --> 00:32:54.079
 she'll be like,

00:32:54.139 --> 00:32:54.319
 oh,

00:32:54.319 --> 00:32:54.939
 I don't know what

00:32:54.939 --> 00:32:55.759
 I'm thankful for.

00:32:56.279 --> 00:32:56.439
 Like,

00:32:56.459 --> 00:32:57.299
 we all have that moment,

00:32:57.359 --> 00:32:57.579
 right?

00:32:58.059 --> 00:32:58.500
 And I'm like,

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.579
 there's always something.

00:33:00.959 --> 00:33:02.199
 The fact that we had

00:33:02.199 --> 00:33:02.740
 dinner tonight,

00:33:02.879 --> 00:33:03.319
 why don't we just

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:03.839
 put that in?

00:33:04.479 --> 00:33:05.619
 The fact that you have

00:33:05.619 --> 00:33:06.039
 a duvet,

00:33:06.599 --> 00:33:07.439
 why don't we put that in?

00:33:08.199 --> 00:33:09.240
 The fact that you have

00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:10.319
 an incredible,

00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:11.139
 awesome dad,

00:33:11.819 --> 00:33:12.779
 why don't you put that in?

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:13.519
 In fact,

00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:14.439
 I'll write it for you.

00:33:15.859 --> 00:33:19.019
 There's always something

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:20.579
 to be thankful for.

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:22.799
 If you don't do that,

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:24.779
 and you're lacking in joy,

00:33:24.959 --> 00:33:25.979
 maybe that's the first tip.

00:33:26.859 --> 00:33:27.639
 Just start a journal.

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:28.479
 Just go to Muji,

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:29.019
 that's what we do,

00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:30.139
 buy a $10 little book,

00:33:30.419 --> 00:33:30.979
 and every day,

00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:31.819
 just write one thing.

00:33:32.879 --> 00:33:33.539
 I think gratitude

00:33:33.539 --> 00:33:34.379
 needs to be practiced.

00:33:35.419 --> 00:33:36.019
 I think so often,

00:33:36.099 --> 00:33:36.799
 we don't practice it.

00:33:37.539 --> 00:33:38.479
 And so just force yourself.

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:39.500
 And of course,

00:33:39.779 --> 00:33:40.240
 as adults,

00:33:40.339 --> 00:33:41.099
 we don't just go

00:33:41.099 --> 00:33:41.500
 for the low,

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:42.879
 let's really think about it.

00:33:42.919 --> 00:33:43.439
 What are the things

00:33:43.439 --> 00:33:44.479
 that we're actually thankful for?

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:45.460
 What are the things

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:45.900
 that we see

00:33:45.900 --> 00:33:46.700
 that God is doing?

00:33:48.180 --> 00:33:48.860
 Because it's about

00:33:48.860 --> 00:33:49.620
 not looking at ourselves,

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:49.860
 right?

00:33:50.339 --> 00:33:51.120
 What are the things

00:33:51.120 --> 00:33:51.880
 that God is doing

00:33:51.880 --> 00:33:52.140
 that you're like,

00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:52.480
 you know what?

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:53.559
 I am so thankful for that.

00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:54.700
 I'm so thankful

00:33:54.700 --> 00:33:57.180
 for a church community

00:33:57.180 --> 00:33:58.400
 that likes to do this

00:33:58.400 --> 00:33:58.620
 or that,

00:33:58.799 --> 00:33:59.539
 or just the city

00:33:59.539 --> 00:33:59.980
 that I'm in

00:33:59.980 --> 00:34:01.480
 that I get to jump on an MTR

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:02.519
 that's clean,

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:04.700
 that has good signage.

00:34:04.920 --> 00:34:05.640
 Have you been to London

00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:06.160
 and New York?

00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:08.880
 Sorry, New York,

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:10.219
 but clearly the New Yorker

00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:11.079
 is also okay

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:11.619
 me saying that.

00:34:11.619 --> 00:34:12.420
 I mean,

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:13.219
 the subway in New York

00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:14.000
 is just disgusting.

00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:15.119
 It smells.

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:16.839
 It smells of something

00:34:16.839 --> 00:34:17.440
 very interesting.

00:34:19.319 --> 00:34:19.659
 And actually,

00:34:19.699 --> 00:34:20.579
 I would say the London subway

00:34:20.579 --> 00:34:20.819
 is,

00:34:21.119 --> 00:34:21.859
 the tube is not

00:34:21.859 --> 00:34:22.519
 that much better.

00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:23.900
 And so when I came back

00:34:23.900 --> 00:34:24.259
 to Hong Kong,

00:34:24.339 --> 00:34:24.519
 I was like,

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:24.799
 oh.

00:34:25.759 --> 00:34:26.239
 Aaron and I,

00:34:26.279 --> 00:34:26.960
 we were walking together

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:28.099
 one day in the Hong Kong MTR

00:34:28.099 --> 00:34:29.400
 and there was one moment

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:30.059
 where we were looking

00:34:30.059 --> 00:34:30.639
 for a sign

00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:31.440
 to go to one line.

00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:31.839
 I was like,

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:32.859
 we couldn't see it.

00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:33.799
 And I was like,

00:34:33.900 --> 00:34:34.819
 mildly outraged.

00:34:34.880 --> 00:34:35.179
 I was like,

00:34:35.739 --> 00:34:36.920
 this rarely happens.

00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:38.220
 Because in Hong Kong,

00:34:38.340 --> 00:34:39.260
 wherever you stand,

00:34:39.700 --> 00:34:40.220
 I've got a feeling

00:34:40.220 --> 00:34:40.800
 there's a staff,

00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:41.480
 full-time staff

00:34:41.480 --> 00:34:42.139
 dedicated to this.

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:43.200
 Wherever you stand

00:34:43.200 --> 00:34:43.700
 in the station,

00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:44.340
 you should be able

00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:45.079
 to see a sign

00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:45.840
 to the exit,

00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:46.720
 to the next line,

00:34:46.820 --> 00:34:47.300
 or something

00:34:47.300 --> 00:34:47.980
 because the signs

00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:48.720
 are just so good.

00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:49.680
 Right?

00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:50.800
 But there was this moment

00:34:50.800 --> 00:34:51.579
 where both him and I

00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:52.079
 were just lost.

00:34:52.180 --> 00:34:52.400
 We're like,

00:34:53.280 --> 00:34:54.380
 we can't see where we're going.

00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:55.059
 Whereas in London,

00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:55.940
 that's every station.

00:34:56.800 --> 00:34:56.960
 Like,

00:34:57.000 --> 00:34:57.880
 that's everywhere you go.

00:34:57.940 --> 00:34:58.320
 You don't know

00:34:58.320 --> 00:34:58.800
 where you're going.

00:35:02.539 --> 00:35:03.360
 When you're struggling

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:03.780
 for joy,

00:35:04.159 --> 00:35:05.320
 maybe the next thing

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:05.680
 to do

00:35:05.680 --> 00:35:06.800
 is a small step.

00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:08.940
 It's just to think

00:35:08.940 --> 00:35:09.579
 about the things

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:10.559
 that you are thankful for.

00:35:11.420 --> 00:35:12.260
 Why does Paul,

00:35:12.760 --> 00:35:13.659
 whilst in prison,

00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:15.260
 knowing that this might be

00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:16.039
 getting close

00:35:16.039 --> 00:35:17.159
 to the end of his life,

00:35:17.900 --> 00:35:18.900
 why does he keep

00:35:18.900 --> 00:35:20.019
 talking about joy?

00:35:21.220 --> 00:35:22.019
 Philippians 4,

00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:22.639
 when he says,

00:35:22.740 --> 00:35:23.820
 rejoice in the Lord always.

00:35:23.940 --> 00:35:24.260
 Again,

00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:24.840
 I will say,

00:35:25.000 --> 00:35:25.539
 rejoice.

00:35:26.099 --> 00:35:27.059
 Let your reasonableness

00:35:27.059 --> 00:35:27.920
 be known to everyone.

00:35:28.059 --> 00:35:28.240
 Why?

00:35:28.340 --> 00:35:29.680
 Because the Lord is at hand.

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:30.500
 That's what we talked

00:35:30.500 --> 00:35:31.180
 about last week, right?

00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:31.820
 And so,

00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:32.460
 do not be anxious

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:33.000
 about anything,

00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:33.680
 but in everything

00:35:33.680 --> 00:35:35.019
 by prayer and supplication

00:35:35.019 --> 00:35:35.940
 with what?

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:36.440
 Thanksgiving.

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:36.679
 God,

00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:37.559
 thanksgiving.

00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:38.500
 Let your requests

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:39.320
 be made known to God

00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:40.280
 and the peace of God

00:35:40.280 --> 00:35:41.300
 which surpasses understanding

00:35:41.300 --> 00:35:42.280
 will guard your hearts

00:35:42.280 --> 00:35:42.960
 and your minds

00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:43.880
 in Christ Jesus.

00:35:45.059 --> 00:35:45.980
 He's rejoicing

00:35:45.980 --> 00:35:47.220
 because he's keeping his mind

00:35:47.220 --> 00:35:48.200
 on the things that are good

00:35:48.200 --> 00:35:48.880
 and he tells you

00:35:48.880 --> 00:35:49.820
 the secret afterwards.

00:35:49.820 --> 00:35:52.320
 after that passage,

00:35:52.740 --> 00:35:53.120
 he says,

00:35:53.240 --> 00:35:53.500
 finally,

00:35:53.600 --> 00:35:53.820
 brothers,

00:35:53.940 --> 00:35:54.580
 rejoice in the Lord,

00:35:54.840 --> 00:35:55.940
 whatever is true,

00:35:56.580 --> 00:35:57.539
 whatever is honorable,

00:35:57.880 --> 00:35:58.760
 whatever is just,

00:35:58.880 --> 00:35:59.660
 whatever is pure,

00:35:59.780 --> 00:36:00.580
 whatever is lovely,

00:36:00.700 --> 00:36:01.620
 whatever is commendable,

00:36:01.900 --> 00:36:02.559
 if there is anything

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:03.039
 of excellence,

00:36:03.160 --> 00:36:03.820
 if there is anything

00:36:03.820 --> 00:36:04.519
 worthy of praise,

00:36:04.940 --> 00:36:06.100
 think about these things.

00:36:06.660 --> 00:36:07.059
 So,

00:36:07.140 --> 00:36:07.440
 he's saying,

00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:08.039
 he's telling you

00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:09.519
 the secret to joy.

00:36:10.160 --> 00:36:11.160
 Think about the things

00:36:11.160 --> 00:36:11.600
 that you have.

00:36:11.700 --> 00:36:12.340
 Think about the things

00:36:12.340 --> 00:36:12.800
 that are true.

00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:13.620
 Think about the things

00:36:13.620 --> 00:36:14.180
 that are honorable.

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:14.960
 Think about things

00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:16.260
 that are just and pure

00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:18.019
 and lovely and commendable

00:36:18.019 --> 00:36:19.480
 and anything if it's of excellence,

00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:20.599
 anything worthy of praise,

00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:22.119
 anything to be thankful for,

00:36:22.320 --> 00:36:23.440
 think about those things.

00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:24.940
 I have authority over this

00:36:24.940 --> 00:36:26.099
 because I'm lying in prison

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:27.840
 and I just got out

00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:28.519
 of a beating session

00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:29.480
 and I'm lying on the floor

00:36:29.480 --> 00:36:31.000
 and my face is bloodied

00:36:31.000 --> 00:36:32.139
 and yet I am thinking

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:32.739
 about the things

00:36:32.739 --> 00:36:33.639
 that will give me joy.

00:36:36.019 --> 00:36:36.940
 Do we have that?

00:36:37.320 --> 00:36:38.059
 Show gratitude.

00:36:38.719 --> 00:36:39.480
 Write gratitude.

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:40.639
 Think about it.

00:36:40.780 --> 00:36:41.420
 Think about the things.

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:42.440
 Fill your mind

00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:42.860
 with these things

00:36:42.860 --> 00:36:43.460
 and that's why

00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:44.519
 I always come across

00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:46.179
 as being a hater

00:36:46.179 --> 00:36:46.920
 for social media,

00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:47.719
 which I am not.

00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:48.519
 I do like it.

00:36:48.579 --> 00:36:48.919
 I think there are

00:36:48.919 --> 00:36:49.639
 good things about it

00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:51.079
 but actually social media,

00:36:51.359 --> 00:36:52.919
 Instagram stops me at least

00:36:52.919 --> 00:36:55.159
 from thinking about things

00:36:55.159 --> 00:36:56.019
 that I need to think about

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:57.839
 and it forces me

00:36:57.839 --> 00:36:59.139
 to always be comparing.

00:37:00.259 --> 00:37:01.059
 Seriously, always.

00:37:01.539 --> 00:37:03.039
 Every time I scroll

00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:03.899
 I'm like I'm comparing.

00:37:04.939 --> 00:37:05.839
 I'm like oh man.

00:37:06.799 --> 00:37:09.379
 What a great life they're living.

00:37:09.899 --> 00:37:11.939
 What a great latte they're having.

00:37:13.239 --> 00:37:14.279
 Oh I mean their barrister

00:37:14.279 --> 00:37:15.019
 is so cool.

00:37:15.579 --> 00:37:16.279
 Why is my barrister

00:37:16.279 --> 00:37:16.859
 not like that?

00:37:17.719 --> 00:37:21.239
 Whatever is true

00:37:21.239 --> 00:37:21.639
 and honorable

00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:22.480
 and just and pure.

00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:23.759
 Think about those things.

00:37:24.399 --> 00:37:25.199
 Let us show gratitude.

00:37:25.919 --> 00:37:27.599
 Why does Paul have this?

00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:30.279
 Why does Elizabeth have this?

00:37:30.339 --> 00:37:31.559
 Why does Mary have this?

00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:32.639
 Why does John the Baptist

00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:33.039
 have this?

00:37:33.299 --> 00:37:34.539
 Why does John the Baptist say

00:37:34.539 --> 00:37:35.759
 as soon as he sees Jesus

00:37:35.759 --> 00:37:36.119
 and goes

00:37:36.119 --> 00:37:37.819
 therefore now my joy

00:37:37.819 --> 00:37:38.659
 is complete.

00:37:38.919 --> 00:37:39.819
 I leapt for joy

00:37:39.819 --> 00:37:40.239
 in the womb

00:37:40.239 --> 00:37:41.319
 when I couldn't even see him

00:37:41.319 --> 00:37:42.559
 but now I am complete

00:37:42.559 --> 00:37:43.379
 because I'm staring

00:37:43.379 --> 00:37:43.980
 at my savior.

00:37:43.980 --> 00:37:46.059
 because I'm staring at him

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:47.079
 and he's the one

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:48.800
 who's going to bring

00:37:48.800 --> 00:37:49.360
 all of this

00:37:49.360 --> 00:37:50.340
 to completion.

00:37:51.840 --> 00:37:52.619
 It's funny actually

00:37:52.619 --> 00:37:53.719
 both Elizabeth and Mary

00:37:53.719 --> 00:37:54.539
 they say this

00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:55.059
 just before

00:37:55.059 --> 00:37:56.300
 just the final bit.

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:57.519
 Verse 45 for Elizabeth

00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:59.259
 and blessed is she

00:37:59.259 --> 00:37:59.980
 who believed

00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:00.659
 that there would be

00:38:00.659 --> 00:38:01.199
 a fulfillment

00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:02.099
 of what was spoken

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:02.900
 to her from the Lord.

00:38:03.900 --> 00:38:04.920
 And then verse 35

00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:06.059
 Mary's closing line is

00:38:06.059 --> 00:38:06.920
 for he has helped

00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:07.500
 his servant Israel

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:08.559
 in remembrance of his mercy

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:09.880
 as he spoke to our fathers

00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:10.619
 to Abraham

00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:12.079
 and to his offspring forever.

00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:13.539
 What are both of these people

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:14.119
 having in common

00:38:14.119 --> 00:38:15.199
 when they're talking about joy?

00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:16.300
 Why are they so happy?

00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:17.280
 Why are they so filled with joy?

00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:18.179
 Because they said

00:38:18.179 --> 00:38:19.420
 God is good for his word.

00:38:19.880 --> 00:38:21.039
 God fulfills his promises.

00:38:21.380 --> 00:38:22.500
 They know what God has said.

00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:23.659
 They know what God has promised them

00:38:23.659 --> 00:38:24.179
 and they say

00:38:24.179 --> 00:38:25.879
 hey this Jesus

00:38:25.879 --> 00:38:26.819
 is the way

00:38:26.819 --> 00:38:27.819
 that God is going to

00:38:27.819 --> 00:38:28.619
 fulfill his promise.

00:38:28.919 --> 00:38:29.759
 What they're doing is

00:38:29.759 --> 00:38:30.619
 why are they filled with joy?

00:38:30.759 --> 00:38:31.699
 Because they can see

00:38:31.699 --> 00:38:32.599
 the end of the story.

00:38:33.139 --> 00:38:34.099
 They can see

00:38:34.099 --> 00:38:35.119
 the end of the film

00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:35.960
 where actually

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:36.519
 there is someone

00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:37.539
 who comes to rescue.

00:38:38.359 --> 00:38:39.259
 That's what fills them

00:38:39.259 --> 00:38:39.639
 with joy.

00:38:40.819 --> 00:38:41.659
 Do you believe that?

00:38:41.819 --> 00:38:42.739
 That God is truly good

00:38:42.739 --> 00:38:43.399
 and that's why that song

00:38:43.399 --> 00:38:43.839
 was so good

00:38:43.839 --> 00:38:44.599
 Sovereign Over Us.

00:38:44.879 --> 00:38:45.819
 Do you believe that God

00:38:45.819 --> 00:38:47.000
 is ultimately in control?

00:38:47.379 --> 00:38:48.319
 Because when you believe

00:38:48.319 --> 00:38:49.299
 that God is ultimately

00:38:49.299 --> 00:38:50.419
 in control

00:38:50.419 --> 00:38:52.039
 then you will have joy.

00:38:52.940 --> 00:38:53.659
 Because joy

00:38:53.659 --> 00:38:54.879
 transcends everything

00:38:54.879 --> 00:38:56.019
 that's happening right now.

00:38:56.719 --> 00:38:57.960
 Why does John the Baptist

00:38:57.960 --> 00:38:58.759
 have this joy

00:38:58.759 --> 00:38:59.379
 that is complete?

00:38:59.659 --> 00:39:00.619
 He's staring at his

00:39:00.619 --> 00:39:01.279
 Savior in the eye

00:39:01.279 --> 00:39:02.179
 and he knows

00:39:02.179 --> 00:39:04.059
 what is going to happen.

00:39:05.739 --> 00:39:06.219
 Jesus

00:39:06.219 --> 00:39:07.299
 just before he leaves

00:39:07.299 --> 00:39:09.059
 John 15

00:39:09.059 --> 00:39:11.099
 he says

00:39:11.099 --> 00:39:12.019
 I've told you

00:39:12.019 --> 00:39:12.619
 all these things

00:39:12.619 --> 00:39:13.920
 that you may have joy.

00:39:16.039 --> 00:39:16.940
 John 16

00:39:16.940 --> 00:39:17.319
 he says

00:39:17.319 --> 00:39:18.000
 and I've come

00:39:18.000 --> 00:39:18.940
 to turn sorrow

00:39:18.940 --> 00:39:20.679
 into joy.

00:39:20.679 --> 00:39:22.919
 Jesus

00:39:22.919 --> 00:39:23.719
 is invested

00:39:23.719 --> 00:39:24.639
 in your joy.

00:39:25.599 --> 00:39:25.879
 Jesus

00:39:25.879 --> 00:39:26.519
 wants you

00:39:26.519 --> 00:39:26.980
 to be filled

00:39:26.980 --> 00:39:27.279
 with joy

00:39:27.279 --> 00:39:27.919
 because he wants

00:39:27.919 --> 00:39:29.079
 you to know

00:39:29.079 --> 00:39:29.980
 exactly who you are

00:39:29.980 --> 00:39:31.079
 how loved you are.

00:39:31.259 --> 00:39:31.539
 He says

00:39:31.539 --> 00:39:32.059
 I have said

00:39:32.059 --> 00:39:32.559
 all these things

00:39:32.559 --> 00:39:33.299
 that you may have joy.

00:39:33.460 --> 00:39:33.839
 Let me see.

00:39:35.940 --> 00:39:36.779
 John 15

00:39:36.779 --> 00:39:37.460
 verse 11

00:39:37.460 --> 00:39:37.899
 These things

00:39:37.899 --> 00:39:38.639
 I have spoken to you

00:39:38.639 --> 00:39:39.440
 that my joy

00:39:39.440 --> 00:39:40.159
 may be in you

00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:41.279
 and that your joy

00:39:41.279 --> 00:39:42.059
 may be full.

00:39:44.419 --> 00:39:44.779
 Jesus

00:39:44.779 --> 00:39:45.719
 tells us these things.

00:39:45.779 --> 00:39:46.399
 What does he tell us?

00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:46.899
 He tells us

00:39:46.899 --> 00:39:47.619
 that you are loved.

00:39:48.259 --> 00:39:49.000
 Abide in him.

00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:49.619
 Be with me.

00:39:49.619 --> 00:39:50.500
 Stick close to me

00:39:50.500 --> 00:39:51.500
 and you will have joy.

00:39:51.639 --> 00:39:52.839
 So you can have my joy

00:39:52.839 --> 00:39:55.039
 and then you will have

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:55.659
 joy to the full.

00:39:55.759 --> 00:39:56.480
 Who put your hand up

00:39:56.480 --> 00:39:57.559
 if you want joy to the full?

00:39:58.659 --> 00:39:59.019
 Yes.

00:39:59.139 --> 00:40:00.359
 The real answer is everyone.

00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:03.139
 We want this joy to the full

00:40:03.139 --> 00:40:04.619
 and it has nothing to do

00:40:04.619 --> 00:40:05.259
 with circumstances

00:40:05.259 --> 00:40:06.460
 because you cannot

00:40:06.460 --> 00:40:08.259
 you cannot stay in

00:40:08.259 --> 00:40:08.699
 Disneyland

00:40:08.699 --> 00:40:09.779
 Main Street

00:40:09.779 --> 00:40:10.679
 24-7.

00:40:11.119 --> 00:40:11.719
 Trust me.

00:40:12.299 --> 00:40:13.099
 They close

00:40:13.099 --> 00:40:14.219
 and they usher you out

00:40:14.219 --> 00:40:15.239
 and there's a whole

00:40:15.239 --> 00:40:16.079
 march of people

00:40:16.079 --> 00:40:17.119
 that just pushes you out

00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:18.179
 after the fireworks show.

00:40:18.179 --> 00:40:19.299
 You cannot stay there.

00:40:19.619 --> 00:40:22.599
 But you have joy

00:40:22.599 --> 00:40:23.480
 because you know

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:24.500
 where you're heading to.

00:40:25.219 --> 00:40:26.539
 Not the Disneyland car park.

00:40:26.659 --> 00:40:27.259
 You know

00:40:27.259 --> 00:40:28.299
 that you're heading

00:40:28.299 --> 00:40:29.699
 to a place

00:40:29.699 --> 00:40:30.599
 where you'll be filled

00:40:30.599 --> 00:40:31.519
 with this joy.

00:40:31.920 --> 00:40:32.639
 What is this joy?

00:40:32.739 --> 00:40:33.659
 He says my joy.

00:40:34.519 --> 00:40:35.559
 These things I have spoken to you

00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:36.519
 that my joy

00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:38.000
 may be in you.

00:40:38.799 --> 00:40:39.739
 What is that joy?

00:40:39.839 --> 00:40:40.659
 That is the joy

00:40:40.659 --> 00:40:41.739
 of being

00:40:41.739 --> 00:40:44.000
 in union with God.

00:40:44.000 --> 00:40:46.639
 since the Garden of Eden

00:40:46.639 --> 00:40:47.179
 where we turned

00:40:47.179 --> 00:40:47.820
 our back on him.

00:40:49.519 --> 00:40:50.780
 Jesus comes to bring joy

00:40:50.780 --> 00:40:51.739
 that can only come

00:40:51.739 --> 00:40:53.039
 through being with him.

00:40:53.760 --> 00:40:54.559
 In the Psalms it says

00:40:54.559 --> 00:40:55.400
 in your presence

00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:56.880
 there is fullness

00:40:56.880 --> 00:40:58.320
 of joy.

00:40:58.719 --> 00:40:59.539
 In your presence

00:40:59.539 --> 00:41:00.340
 there is fullness

00:41:00.340 --> 00:41:00.880
 of joy.

00:41:01.099 --> 00:41:02.400
 That is what

00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:03.300
 he's wanting to give us.

00:41:04.139 --> 00:41:05.139
 And I don't know

00:41:05.139 --> 00:41:06.599
 where your life

00:41:06.599 --> 00:41:07.159
 is right now.

00:41:07.500 --> 00:41:08.139
 You may be saying

00:41:08.139 --> 00:41:08.519
 well James

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:09.099
 you don't know

00:41:09.099 --> 00:41:10.099
 why I don't have joy

00:41:10.099 --> 00:41:10.639
 because I have

00:41:10.639 --> 00:41:11.579
 all this stuff

00:41:11.579 --> 00:41:13.259
 happening in my life.

00:41:15.219 --> 00:41:16.480
 Jesus covers that too

00:41:16.480 --> 00:41:16.920
 I'm afraid.

00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:18.400
 Because in Hebrews

00:41:18.400 --> 00:41:18.819
 it says

00:41:18.819 --> 00:41:19.500
 for the joy

00:41:19.500 --> 00:41:20.579
 that was set before him

00:41:20.579 --> 00:41:21.659
 he went to endure

00:41:21.659 --> 00:41:23.159
 the cross.

00:41:25.239 --> 00:41:26.119
 So therefore

00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:28.259
 because he went

00:41:28.259 --> 00:41:29.079
 to endure the cross

00:41:29.079 --> 00:41:30.039
 and died the death

00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:30.779
 that you and I

00:41:30.779 --> 00:41:31.339
 should have died

00:41:31.339 --> 00:41:32.719
 because of the joy

00:41:32.719 --> 00:41:33.679
 that was set before him

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 that presence

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 that he's aiming

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 for all of us to have

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 to break down

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 that dividing wall

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 of hostility

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 that talks about

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 in Ephesians 2

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 because of that joy

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 that was set before him

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 he says

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 if I do this

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 all my children

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 will be united

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 with their father again.

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 That was the joy

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 that was set before him

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 he went to the death.

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 He went to death

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 even death

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 on the cross.

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 So therefore

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 and this is my final conclusion

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 so therefore

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 whether you are walking

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 down Disneyland

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 Main Street

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 or whether you are walking

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 in the valley

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 of the shadow of death

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 you will still have joy

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 because he walked

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 the road to Calvary

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 because he walked

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 the road to the cross

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 and died the death

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 that we should have died

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 so we would have joy.

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 That's how the story ends.

00:42:18.539 --> 00:42:19.599
 In that act

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 on the cross

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 he reunites

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 all of us

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 back with our father.

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 Will you accept that?

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 Will you embrace

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 what he did?

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 There may still be

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 very many reasons

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 why you're not happy.

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 there will still be

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 tons of things

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 that give you

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 sadness

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 and grief

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 when we lose

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 loved ones

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 or when

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 colleagues are just

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 annoying

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 or when exams

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 are happening.

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 These things

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 we can be sad

00:42:49.579 --> 00:42:50.960
 and filled with joy

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 because of Jesus.

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 So will you stop

00:42:56.579 --> 00:42:57.019
 comparing?

00:42:59.059 --> 00:42:59.920
 Will you stop

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 looking at other people

00:43:00.779 --> 00:43:01.119
 and going

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 oh

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 they're so much

00:43:03.119 --> 00:43:03.880
 further than I

00:43:03.880 --> 00:43:05.079
 in the life plan?

00:43:06.639 --> 00:43:07.179
 Do you realize

00:43:07.179 --> 00:43:07.900
 that God has a plan

00:43:07.900 --> 00:43:08.319
 for you?

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 And so whether you

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 are in Disney

00:43:10.380 --> 00:43:11.139
 or whether you are

00:43:11.139 --> 00:43:12.119
 in the Valley of Dry Bones

00:43:12.119 --> 00:43:12.960
 it doesn't matter.

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 So

00:43:16.619 --> 00:43:18.359
 practical hold on points.

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 Stop comparing.

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 Think about others more.

00:43:23.279 --> 00:43:23.920
 Stop comparing.

00:43:24.079 --> 00:43:24.359
 Think about

00:43:24.359 --> 00:43:25.219
 if you catch yourself

00:43:25.219 --> 00:43:26.019
 just thinking about yourself

00:43:26.019 --> 00:43:26.420
 think about

00:43:26.420 --> 00:43:27.980
 that's why we scatter.

00:43:28.739 --> 00:43:29.420
 We gather

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 and then we scatter.

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 Why?

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 Well not just

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 for our own joy

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 but we scatter

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:34.739
 because we actually

00:43:34.739 --> 00:43:35.959
 in the act

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 the blessing of scattering

00:43:37.279 --> 00:43:38.119
 is that in the act

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 of looking at other people

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 you will then be

00:43:41.519 --> 00:43:42.179
 filled with joy

00:43:42.179 --> 00:43:44.359
 because that's exactly

00:43:44.359 --> 00:43:45.019
 what our Lord did

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 as he looked upon us.

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 Would you stay humble

00:43:48.679 --> 00:43:50.459
 and think of yourself less?

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 And finally

00:43:53.119 --> 00:43:54.039
 would you start

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 a gratitude journal

00:43:54.779 --> 00:43:56.559
 and just thank him more?

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 Just remind yourself

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 to thank him every day.

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 there's something

00:44:00.380 --> 00:44:01.559
 there's something

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 to be thankful for.

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 The moment he walked

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 that road

00:44:06.599 --> 00:44:08.380
 the moment he went

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 to the hill

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 and went onto that cross

00:44:10.940 --> 00:44:12.420
 the earth shook.

00:44:13.400 --> 00:44:14.340
 He tore the veil

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 and that simply means

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 that you will then

00:44:17.619 --> 00:44:18.619
 not be shaken

00:44:18.619 --> 00:44:19.660
 by any circumstances

00:44:19.660 --> 00:44:20.380
 that you can have

00:44:20.380 --> 00:44:22.039
 a joy that is complete

00:44:22.039 --> 00:44:23.119
 because of him.

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 We've got some final things

00:44:27.219 --> 00:44:27.980
 that I want to do

00:44:27.980 --> 00:44:29.099
 as we finish here

00:44:29.099 --> 00:44:31.099
 but why don't we

00:44:31.099 --> 00:44:31.880
 just spend a moment now

00:44:31.880 --> 00:44:33.619
 just to reflect.

00:44:34.539 --> 00:44:35.319
 Just to reflect

00:44:35.319 --> 00:44:35.960
 which is the thing

00:44:35.960 --> 00:44:36.920
 that I have to surrender?

00:44:37.599 --> 00:44:38.440
 Is it the comparison?

00:44:38.719 --> 00:44:39.299
 Is it the jealousy?

00:44:40.579 --> 00:44:41.420
 Is it a humility

00:44:41.420 --> 00:44:42.139
 that I need to

00:44:42.139 --> 00:44:43.079
 lean more into?

00:44:43.079 --> 00:44:47.319
 And what do I have

00:44:47.319 --> 00:44:48.000
 to be thankful for?

00:44:48.079 --> 00:44:48.519
 Can we just spend

00:44:48.519 --> 00:44:49.099
 a moment now

00:44:49.099 --> 00:44:50.119
 and we'll respond

00:44:50.119 --> 00:44:50.539
 and worship

00:44:50.539 --> 00:44:54.579
 in silence.

00:44:55.299 --> 00:44:55.819
 And maybe Ellie

00:44:55.819 --> 00:44:57.079
 prepared a song

00:44:57.079 --> 00:44:58.219
 maybe Ellie can come

00:44:58.219 --> 00:44:58.759
 and sing that song

00:44:58.759 --> 00:44:59.139
 over us

00:44:59.139 --> 00:45:00.340
 as we reflect

00:45:00.340 --> 00:45:01.639
 and respond.

00:45:05.139 --> 00:45:05.980
 Jesus says

00:45:05.980 --> 00:45:10.260
 You will be sorrowful

00:45:10.260 --> 00:45:11.639
 but your sorrow

00:45:11.639 --> 00:45:13.039
 will turn into joy.

00:45:13.940 --> 00:45:14.820
 When a woman

00:45:14.820 --> 00:45:15.840
 is giving birth

00:45:15.840 --> 00:45:16.579
 she has sorrow

00:45:16.579 --> 00:45:17.599
 because her hour

00:45:17.599 --> 00:45:18.059
 has come

00:45:18.059 --> 00:45:19.519
 but when she has

00:45:19.519 --> 00:45:20.280
 delivered the baby

00:45:20.280 --> 00:45:21.219
 she no longer

00:45:21.219 --> 00:45:22.280
 remembers the anguish

00:45:22.280 --> 00:45:23.599
 for joy

00:45:23.599 --> 00:45:24.659
 that a human being

00:45:24.659 --> 00:45:25.840
 has been born

00:45:25.840 --> 00:45:26.400
 into the world.

00:45:27.659 --> 00:45:28.360
 So also you

00:45:28.360 --> 00:45:29.300
 have sorrow now

00:45:29.300 --> 00:45:30.960
 but I will see you again

00:45:30.960 --> 00:45:32.199
 and your hearts

00:45:32.199 --> 00:45:32.880
 will rejoice

00:45:32.880 --> 00:45:34.320
 and no one

00:45:34.320 --> 00:45:35.380
 will take your joy

00:45:35.380 --> 00:45:35.840
 from you.

00:45:35.980 --> 00:45:37.860
 In that day

00:45:37.860 --> 00:45:38.340
 you will ask

00:45:38.340 --> 00:45:39.000
 nothing of me.

00:45:39.539 --> 00:45:40.079
 Truly, truly

00:45:40.079 --> 00:45:40.740
 I say to you

00:45:40.740 --> 00:45:41.440
 whatever you ask

00:45:41.440 --> 00:45:41.880
 of the Father

00:45:41.880 --> 00:45:42.539
 in my name

00:45:42.539 --> 00:45:43.800
 he will give it to you.

00:45:43.860 --> 00:45:44.480
 Until now

00:45:44.480 --> 00:45:45.139
 you have asked

00:45:45.139 --> 00:45:45.940
 nothing in my name.

00:45:46.119 --> 00:45:47.340
 Ask and you will receive

00:45:47.340 --> 00:45:48.599
 that your joy

00:45:48.599 --> 00:45:50.619
 may be full.

00:45:52.760 --> 00:45:53.539
 We're going to finish

00:45:53.539 --> 00:45:53.960
 the service

00:45:53.960 --> 00:45:54.960
 with something special

00:45:54.960 --> 00:45:55.659
 actually because

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 there is a

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