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 Amen. You guys glad to be here today?

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 What an incredible day to sing together.

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 All nations and tribes and peoples from all over the world.

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 Right here in one room. That's a cool thing.

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 We're going to do a responsive reading together, if that's okay.

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 So let's just focus our hearts now on what we're about to say to our Lord.

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 Merciful God, we think of the freedom that Paul speaks about.

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 And too often we accept it as the freedom to do what we like,

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 rather than being obedient to you and serious about reflecting your character into our world.

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 We confess with shame that whenever we bite and devour one another,

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 such things as discord and factions exist, even within our faith communities.

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 Forgive us when we use our freedom to be self-indulgent instead of serving one another in love.

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 We confess that we fail miserably when we try on our own to live lives that are shaped by love, joy, and peace,

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 patience, kindness, and goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

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 Forgive us when we fail to be led and guided by the Holy Spirit,

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 who enables our lives to produce such freedom, which enrich and enhance our lives,

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 and through us the lives of those.

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 So merciful God, we confess also our failure to seek the empowerment of your Holy Spirit

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 when we're confronted daily with the challenges of following Jesus.

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 When we look at the cost that Jesus sets on his discipleship,

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 we confess that so often we fail to meet that cost.

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 So forgive us when we fail to take Jesus' demands on our lives seriously enough,

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 forgetting that out of love for us, he has already walked the hard road the way of the cross.

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 So gracious and loving God, in and through Jesus Christ,

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 you have given us the freedom and the power to live by your Holy Spirit and be guided by him.

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 May our acceptance of these gifts be visible as we bear profusely the fruit of the Spirit,

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 and as we faithfully follow Jesus on the challenging road of discipleship.

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 This we pray in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Let's be seated together.

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 Amen.

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 The scripture reading today comes from Paul's letters to the Galatians, chapters 5 and 6.

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 Please read along in your bulletin with us.

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 If we live by the Spirit, let us walk also by the Spirit.

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 Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another.

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 Brethren, even if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual,

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 restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, each one looking to yourself,

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 so that you too will not be tempted.

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 Bear one another's burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ.

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 For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

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 But each one must examine his own work, and then he will have reason for boasting in regard to himself alone,

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 and not in regard to another.

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 For each one will bear his own load.

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 The one who has taught the word is to share all good things with the one who teaches him.

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 Do not be deceived.

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 God is not mocked.

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 For whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.

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 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption.

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 But the one who sows from the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

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 Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary.

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 So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all people,

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 and especially to those who are of the household of the faith.

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 This is the reading of the word of the Lord.

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 Let's be seated together.

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 A lot of cables up here.

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 How you guys doing?

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 I get to say that at least one time, right?

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 I try not to repeat myself.

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 Hey, we are going on a journey in Galatians.

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 We're about to finish it today.

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 And if you were here last week,

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 during the sermon, we had a very interesting experience.

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 Often it's kind of one of those experiences where you talk about them later,

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 as if heaven meets earth,

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 and our flesh meets God's Spirit.

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 And when that happens,

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 we don't know what's going to happen.

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 So I wanted to,

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 one of the things, you know,

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 as a church,

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 when we started at Watermark,

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 we said we wanted to be a church family.

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 And the goal was to make it where we come,

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 and we discuss things as a family.

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 Like, we'll talk about what's going on in our life,

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 and in our world.

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 Kind of like our dinner table as a family.

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 And I felt like enough stuff happened

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 last Sunday.

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 Maybe we should talk about this a little,

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 and Q&A,

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 because we do Q&As.

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 If this is your first time,

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 we do Q&As here,

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 probably once every five or six sermons,

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 especially if it's a topic that's intense,

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 or there's a lot of questions.

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 And so,

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 just to begin off with it,

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 Pastor Charles was preaching,

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 and about 26 minutes into his sermon,

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 there's,

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 like I said,

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 there seemed to be a collision of the physical

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 and the spiritual world,

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 and all these dynamics interplaying.

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 And it just became apparent that God

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 had something different planned for the church.

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 than his sermon.

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 And God kind of took it in a different direction,

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 and we've seen just people's,

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 their reactions to that,

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 and their blessings to that,

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 and what they've done in their life.

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 And just so you know,

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 Pastor Charles,

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 okay,

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 he's here today.

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 He went through the test,

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 and everything is good.

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 There's no physical reason,

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 or mental reason.

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 There was just,

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 and so he's healthy,

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 and so he's great,

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 and he wants to thank everybody for prayers,

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 and just for everybody's concern during that time.

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 And as people started asking questions,

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 I started writing them out,

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 and it seemed like the questions came

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 in a series of four kind of categories.

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 And so I just want to talk about them really briefly,

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 just because,

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 like we've said,

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 we're on this journey,

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 and we're kind of laying a foundation

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 as a church family on this journey,

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 and what that looks like as we walk with God.

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 And so the questions seem to be in these categories,

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 and I'm just going to read them out as I heard them.

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 I had several friends who were not believers.

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 They're here,

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 and we know that there are a lot of people here

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 who haven't stepped onto their journey as a Christian,

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 that they're on a spiritual journey,

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 but they haven't entered into the family of God yet.

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 And so that's why this church has started,

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 because we want and believe

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 in not taking people from other churches,

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 but reaching people who aren't going to church.

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 And some of my friends and people ask questions,

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 and some young Christians ask these same type of questions.

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 What does it mean when everyone is talking

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 about spiritual warfare or spiritual battle?

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 That seemed to be like one of the categories.

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 And so as we talk about that,

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 just realizing that the Christian life

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 is a supernatural life,

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 that there are spiritual dynamics at work all around us.

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 One of the founding fathers of the colonies,

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 if you're British,

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 America if you're an American,

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 Thomas Jefferson didn't believe in anything supernatural.

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 And so he would take his Bible,

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 and he basically ripped out every passage

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 that talked about supernatural things.

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 Miracles, healings, the Red Sea,

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 all these things.

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 So he just,

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 and so he said,

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 it just can't be,

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 I can't believe in a supernatural thing.

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 But what he realized is when he did that,

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 his Bible was like that thin.

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 Because there wasn't really much left in that sense.

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 And so as we walk on this journey,

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 we realize that there's a spiritual world,

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 and there's a spiritual dimension.

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 And scripture talks about it quite often,

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 that there is,

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 there are angels,

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 and there are demons,

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 and there's Satan.

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 And we learn in Ephesians,

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 as Paul talks,

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 that our battle isn't against this flesh and blood,

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 but our battle is against principalities,

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 and kingdoms,

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 and forces that we will never see.

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 And I think that sometimes freaks us out.

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 We'll see them when we get to heaven,

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 our final destination.

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 And it seems like,

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 you know,

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 even if I were to say right now,

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 as I understand scripture,

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 angels are looking down on us.

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 There are angels in this room.

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 And there are forces trying to cause people

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 to not think and not focus,

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 and miss what God's word has to teach them

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 and say today.

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 And so there's this battle going on all around us.

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 And I think sometimes we take that too lightly,

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 and we forget that there is a spiritual realm,

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 and there's a huge struggle.

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 Our body isn't just physical,

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 our body is spiritual.

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 And whenever we try to separate those two,

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 like I say,

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 how are you doing today?

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 You go,

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 well,

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 in my thought life,

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 I'm doing terrible,

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 but in my physical life,

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 I'm doing great.

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 You know,

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 Jesus would have never understood that language.

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 Because in Jesus,

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 the physical and the spiritual are all intertwined.

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 They all work together.

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 They're all,

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 so when they say,

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 how are you doing?

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 We're saying,

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 how are you doing spiritually?

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 And physically,

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 and all that encompasses you,

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 that's who you are as a person.

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 So there's a spiritual war going on,

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 and John 4 says that God is spirit,

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 and we worship him in spirit and truth.

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 Another question that kind of came up a couple times

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 was just the idea of,

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 well,

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 if all the things are happening around us,

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 we talk about these spiritual things,

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 is everything spiritual?

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 Losing my job,

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 is that spiritual?

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 Is that spiritual?

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 Bumping my car as I'm driving,

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 and I get an accident,

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 is that spiritual?

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 Dropping my milk at the dinner table,

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 is that spiritual?

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 And I think that the scripture says,

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 it's yes and no.

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 That if you look at the timeline of creation,

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 we have this period where God created,

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 and then we have this period where everything fell,

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 and it was corrupted.

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 And then we have this period where Christ came,

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 and he redeemed everything.

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 And then we have this period that we're living in now,

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 it's kind of the in-between times,

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 it's the shadow lands that C.S. Lewis would talk about,

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 that it's just here,

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 but not yet here.

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 We read scripture,

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 and we understand it,

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 but it hasn't yet been fully fulfilled in our lives,

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 and we wonder what God is doing in that sense.

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 And as we look at that,

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 scripture is really clear in Ephesians,

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 that we struggle against three things.

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 We struggle against our flesh,

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 my sinful nature,

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 who I am,

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 my selfishness,

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 all those things that were opposite of what Pastor Troll was talking about yesterday,

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 greed,

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 and envy,

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 and guilt,

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 and shame,

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 all these things we struggle against.

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 We struggle against the fallen world.

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 The Bible says that when sin came into the world,

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 it fractured everything.

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 It fractured creation,

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 that we have these tsunamis,

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 we have earthquakes,

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 we have these things that happen,

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 and people look at them,

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 and they just understand what's going on,

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 and they go,

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 well,

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 if God were good,

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 why would he create a world like this?

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 And you go back to them,

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 and he goes,

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 he didn't.

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 He created a perfect world.

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 But we came,

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 and we made poor choices,

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 and sin entered in,

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 and it fractured all these things.

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 And then we have the spiritual realm,

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 that is Satan,

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 and demons,

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 and Romans talks about that a lot.

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 And the question is,

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 how do we discern what's happening in our life,

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 and in our world?

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 And my answer to that is,

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 I don't know.

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 I mean,

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 sometimes,

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 it's really clear,

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 and sometimes,

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 there's a combination of everything.

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 And I realize,

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 as people,

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 we're very complicated.

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 To say,

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 this is your problem,

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 is probably taking things too lightly,

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 in our world.

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 I mean,

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 sometimes you know,

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 right?

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 I mean,

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 sometimes you've been around somebody for so long,

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 like my wife,

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 I walk past her,

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 and she looks at me,

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 and I turn around,

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 and I go,

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 you were checking me out,

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 weren't you?

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 Well,

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 I know that,

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 because we've spent a lot of time with each other,

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 and we know how each other thinks,

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 right?

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 We know how each other thinks,

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 and that's just,

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 that's just,

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 that's a relationship.

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 Right?

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 And so,

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 we know that,

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 as we spend more time with God,

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 and we spend more time in His Word,

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 and we get into this relationship with Him,

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 we understand when He's speaking to us,

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 we understand when there's something weird here,

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 we understand when things don't seem right,

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 and we know how to pray,

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 and I think community within this is really important.

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 That if you're a part of the community of God,

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 and you're not in the community,

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 then you're kind of like this sheep,

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 and you're wandering around,

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 and you're going to get killed.

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 But God meant for the family of God to come together,

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 and be in a community,

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 and so there's all these dynamics,

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 our flesh,

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 the world,

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 Satan,

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 and all these things are kind of coming in there,

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 and we just need to be aware of that.

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 We don't need to be afraid of that,

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 but we just need to be aware of that,

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 and understand what's going on,

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 and community is very helpful in that time.

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 Jesus told this parable one time,

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 we taught on it already probably three months ago,

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 when he talked about the sower.

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 I made all the mess when I was throwing the corn everywhere,

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 and everybody complained about it afterwards,

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 because it took us two hours to pick it up after everybody left.

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 But he says,

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 you know,

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 the sower sows the seed,

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 and the word of God goes out,

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 and it lands on a hard ground,

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 and this bird,

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 the devil comes,

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 and he takes it away,

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 so spiritual.

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 Then the sower sows his seed,

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 and it lands in the rocky ground,

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 and the ground full of weeds,

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 and concerns,

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 and desires,

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 and greed come up,

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 and they choke it out,

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 physical,

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 in my body.

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 So all these things are happening as God's word is so.

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 Does that make sense?

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 So to say this is physical,

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 and that's spiritual,

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 it's probably a combination of all those things in our world,

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 and we just need to be aware of that as we think about that.

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 Another question people said is,

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 well,

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 how do I handle this?

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 What am I supposed to do?

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 I'm afraid.

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 And I said,

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 don't be afraid.

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 Don't freak out.

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 Walk with God.

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 In Job 1,

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 there's a story of Job is there.

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 God is there in heaven.

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 It says,

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 the sons of God came to heaven,

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 and Job 1,

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 and it says,

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 Satan joined them,

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 which that passage always just weirds me out.

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 I don't understand it.

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 There's a lot of things in Scripture that drive me crazy.

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 And in that passage,

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 God starts the whole book of Job by saying,

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 hey,

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 have you looked at Job?

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 He's a great guy.

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 And the devil goes,

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 well,

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 of course he's great,

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 because you protect him.

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 You do everything for him.

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 Let me get into his life,

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 and he will curse you.

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 And there's a really interesting passage.

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 God says to him,

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 okay,

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 but you can't take his life.

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 And what we see there in that dynamic

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 is that God is in control of everything.

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 Nothing,

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 if you're a child of God,

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 nothing can happen in your life

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 without God allowing it to happen.

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 A hair cannot fall from your head.

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 We're going to study that next week in Luke.

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 That cannot happen

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 unless God allows that to happen in your life.

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 And so we have the confidence of knowing

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 that no matter what's going on around us,

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 if we're walking with God,

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 God is in control.

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 We don't need to fear.

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 So what do you do?

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 Well,

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 when I was a young Christian,

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 I was in Colorado.

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 We were at Colorado Springs.

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 Mark would appreciate this.

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 We were out sharing our faith,

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 and we came on this strip,

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 and there was this occult bookstore.

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 And I was like,

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 okay,

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 I'm going to go in there

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 and share the gospel with those people,

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 and they're going to hear about Christ,

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 and all the demons are going to flee out of there,

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 and I'm going to go,

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 wow,

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 God is great.

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 And so I said,

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 okay,

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 I'll do that.

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 And I started walking towards this door,

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 and I got to this door,

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 and I couldn't move.

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 I mean,

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 literally,

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 it was like this force field was in front of me.

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 And I had never experienced anything like that.

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 And I hesitated for like four or five seconds.

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 I'm like,

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 and finally I just turned around.

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 I said,

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 okay,

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 I'm not supposed to go in there.

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 So don't go looking for demons.

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 Don't go grab a whole bunch of books about exorcism,

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 or what do I do,

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 or how do I speak into that.

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 Walk with God.

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 Spend time with Him.

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 Pray.

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 Be in community.

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 God will take care of you.

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 There's some times in my life

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 when I feel an incredible spiritual attack.

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 I just say,

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 Lord Jesus,

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 I need you.

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 Can you repeat that after me?

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 Lord Jesus,

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 I need you.

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 Lord Jesus,

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 I need you.

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 Sometimes I'll say,

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 Jesus,

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 Son of God,

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 have mercy on me,

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 a sinner.

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 Can you say that?

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 Jesus,

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 Son of God,

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 have mercy on me,

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 a sinner.

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 Don't be writing out these long prayers.

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 You got to pray every word just perfectly,

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 then demons will flee.

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 That's just not in the Bible.

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 We're told in 1 Peter,

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 that when Peter was,

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 when Michael,

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 the archangel,

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 was arguing over

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 Moses' body

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 with Satan,

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 he just said,

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 the Lord,

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 the Lord rebuke you,

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 then Satan plead.

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 So don't spend a lot of time

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 talking to the demons.

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 Talk to Jesus

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 because he's our advocate.

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 He's the one that goes before us.

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 He's the one that has the power.

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 He's the one that's going to vanquish

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 the spiritual things.

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 Talk to Jesus.

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 Finally,

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 the question came up

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 a couple times,

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 why do you think this is happening

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 at Watermark now?

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 Well,

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 I don't know.

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 I think there's a battle.

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 I think we're in a spiritual battle.

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 I think there's a battle for our hearts.

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 There's some of you in here right now

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 who are wondering,

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 you know,

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 is this church really

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 worth giving all my life to?

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 Should I hold on to my job

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 or some things that give me

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 a little comfort

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 that I can realize right away

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 because sometimes the church

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 doesn't really satisfy me

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 the way I need to be satisfied?

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 There's a spiritual battle going on.

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 We realize that the minute

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 we plan the church here,

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 we realize that we're coming

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 into this area

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 where Satan doesn't want us to be.

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 He's not rejoicing

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 that people are coming to Christ.

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 He's not rejoicing

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 that we're doing a baptism out there.

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 He doesn't want those things

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 to happen like that.

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 And so you have to realize

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 as we walk,

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 as Mark and I were talking

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 this last week,

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 it's kind of like

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 we're this point of this arrow.

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 And we're this point of this arrow

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 and we're penetrating darkness.

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 And when you're in the point of the arrow,

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 you're going to feel

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 a lot of tension

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 and a lot of friction

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 and things are going to be difficult.

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 But you know that it's God

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 who's pushing that arrow

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 through those things in our life

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 and we can trust Him.

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 We realize that when we built

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 a church based on the gospel

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 and community

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 and reaching out where you live,

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 Satan doesn't like that.

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 We realize when we started

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 to preach last Sunday

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 on the fruit of the Spirit

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 and what it looks like

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 to walk with God,

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 love, joy, peace, patience,

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 kindness, gentleness, self-control.

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 Satan doesn't want us

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 to think about those things.

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 And so as we move forward,

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 my desire for us as a church

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 is just to move forward

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 with our eyes open,

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 to be praying.

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 There's a passage right after

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 Jesus comes out of the wilderness,

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 which I think is really interesting.

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 Satan tempted Him.

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 And after Jesus said,

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 it is written,

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 it is written,

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 it is written,

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 which is a great way

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 to realize how we fight

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 spiritual battle.

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 We just go to God's Word.

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 It says that Satan

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 removed himself

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 and waited for an opportune time

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 to come back.

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 I think we as a church

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 have to realize

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 that as we penetrate darkness,

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 as we go into places

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 where the spiritual realm

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 and there are serious battles there,

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 that there's always going to be

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 tension and fighting

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 and struggles.

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 If I brought the 30 people up here

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 who were part of the launch team

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 for Watermark,

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 every one of them

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 would testify

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 to incredible amount of pressure,

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 bad things happening in their life,

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 things going on,

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 like inordinate amount,

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 dreams, sleepless nights.

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 For a year and a half,

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 people have been going

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 through those things.

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 And we've said,

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 that's great

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 because it means

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 that we're doing

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 what God wants us to do

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 and what Satan

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 doesn't want us to do.

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 So as you walk forward,

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 walk forward in confidence

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 knowing that you're

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 a child of God

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 and there's nothing to fear.

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 Now, hopefully I've covered

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 all the categories.

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 If there's a question there

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 that I didn't ask,

00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:03.259
 please feel free

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 to come up and ask me later.

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 We can address those things.

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 But I just felt like

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 it was a great teaching moment

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 and we needed to talk about it

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 and we needed to say,

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 hey, this is what we feel

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 like is going on.

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 This is what God's word says.

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 And we need to be aware of that.

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 Is that okay?

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 Okay.

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 So we're looking at

00:22:24.540 --> 00:22:25.740
 Galatians 5 and 6.

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 We're bringing six years of,

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 six Sundays,

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 it might have seemed

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 like six years.

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 Six Sundays of teaching

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 coming together

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 and crashing at the head.

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 And as we look at Galatians,

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 we're reminded of a couple things.

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 Galatians is about the gospel message.

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 That Paul writes the gospel message

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 in Galatians

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 and he's telling them and us

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 the core,

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 the essence of the gospel.

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 And he says,

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 the essence of the gospel is this.

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 The essence,

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 the core is Jesus.

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 Jesus saves people.

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 Jesus rescues people.

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 He rescues them from slavery,

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 idols, and death.

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 We've talked about it

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 over and over again.

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 Jesus jumps out of the lifeboat.

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 He takes our dead body

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 in the water.

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 He pushes us into the lifeboat.

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 And as he does that,

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 he dies.

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 He dies bringing us life.

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 That's the gospel.

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 Do I need to share it again?

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 We're drowning.

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 We're dead.

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 We're in the water.

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 We have no hope.

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 And it's not like when Jesus jumps in

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 and we go,

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 okay, thanks,

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 give me a boost.

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 And he pushes us into the boat.

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 No, we're dead.

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 And he takes our body

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 and he pushes us into the lifeboat

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 and we come back to life.

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 And as we come back to life,

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 he dies.

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 That's the gospel.

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 Now, the church was struggling with that.

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 The Galatians, as Christians,

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 they came in and they were adding

00:24:00.980 --> 00:24:02.000
 something to the gospel.

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 They said,

00:24:03.040 --> 00:24:06.160
 Jesus plus ceremony equals life.

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 Or Jesus plus good works equals life.

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 Or Jesus plus tithing to the temple

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 equals life.

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 And Paul says,

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 no, Jesus plus anything equals death.

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 Jesus plus anything equals death.

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 The gospel is that Jesus saves us

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 and pushes us up.

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 And when we look at Galatians,

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 we're reminded that Galatians

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 is being written to Christians.

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 And so the first thing you should realize

00:24:39.440 --> 00:24:41.160
 is that even Christians

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 need to be reminded often

00:24:43.080 --> 00:24:43.880
 of the gospel.

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 That the gospel isn't just something

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:47.660
 that gets us into heaven,

00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.279
 out of hell.

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 But the gospel is something

00:24:49.580 --> 00:24:51.580
 that allows us to work

00:24:51.580 --> 00:24:53.759
 and live every day

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 and it changes us.

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 Now, sometimes we just say,

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 well, I've had the gospel,

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 so what's next?

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 Teach me Greek,

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 teach me Hebrew,

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 teach me all the points.

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 And Jesus and Paul are saying,

00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:03.700
 no, guys.

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 The gospel is it.

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 And the struggle,

00:25:12.100 --> 00:25:14.420
 the journey that we go on in life

00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:16.680
 is taking this Jesus plus nothing

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 and applying it

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 to every area of our life.

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 Every area.

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 And so Paul is speaking

00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:28.840
 to the church of Galatians

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 and he's saying,

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 when the gospel comes in,

00:25:31.340 --> 00:25:32.400
 it changes us,

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 it transforms us,

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 and we gotta help each other.

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 We gotta help each other understand that.

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 We gotta help each other focus on that.

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 And we can't lose that point.

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 Last week, Paul talked about that.

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 My wife and Carolyn so

00:25:47.539 --> 00:25:49.479
 always accuse me of making up words

00:25:49.479 --> 00:25:50.199
 as I preach.

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 So I've heard that there's this list

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 of words, Tobinisms,

00:25:54.259 --> 00:25:55.059
 that Tobin has made.

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 But if I could make up one word,

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 I would say the word is gospeling.

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 Gospeling.

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 Paul says that every day

00:26:05.619 --> 00:26:07.219
 we have to be gospeling

00:26:07.220 --> 00:26:08.420
 the gospel to each other.

00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:11.160
 We gotta be speaking it to each other.

00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:12.680
 When we're down

00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:13.460
 and we're upset

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:14.220
 or something's happened,

00:26:14.480 --> 00:26:16.039
 we share about what Christ has done.

00:26:16.960 --> 00:26:18.259
 When things are going really good

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 and we're on top of the world,

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:21.039
 we share about what Christ has done.

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 And we need each other

00:26:22.779 --> 00:26:24.620
 gospeling each other

00:26:24.620 --> 00:26:26.019
 so that we understand that.

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 And last week,

00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.620
 as we got to this passage,

00:26:28.140 --> 00:26:28.920
 Paul says that when

00:26:28.920 --> 00:26:30.400
 the gospel comes into you,

00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:31.360
 it changes you.

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 And it makes you loving

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 and joyful and peaceful

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 and patient

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 and kindness

00:26:36.219 --> 00:26:36.799
 and gentleness

00:26:36.799 --> 00:26:37.459
 and self-control.

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 And he says,

00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:40.799
 these aren't just mystical things.

00:26:41.819 --> 00:26:44.459
 But these are concrete things.

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.459
 You don't say,

00:26:46.879 --> 00:26:48.319
 I feel more loving today.

00:26:48.819 --> 00:26:49.859
 But what Paul is saying

00:26:49.859 --> 00:26:50.559
 to the church is,

00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:52.019
 look at your actions

00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:53.159
 and look at your deeds.

00:26:54.159 --> 00:26:55.079
 Are they more loving?

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:58.399
 If you're married in here,

00:26:58.400 --> 00:26:59.000
 all I need to do

00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.820
 is go to your spouse

00:26:59.820 --> 00:27:00.519
 and ask them,

00:27:01.040 --> 00:27:01.880
 how are they doing?

00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:03.100
 Are they more gentle to you today

00:27:03.100 --> 00:27:04.080
 than they were last week?

00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:07.019
 Are they more kinder to you today

00:27:07.019 --> 00:27:08.160
 than they were last year?

00:27:09.300 --> 00:27:10.780
 And Paul says in the Galatians

00:27:10.780 --> 00:27:12.000
 that the answer to that

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.700
 would be yes

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:14.560
 because as we live out the Spirit,

00:27:14.820 --> 00:27:16.400
 all these things are concrete.

00:27:16.780 --> 00:27:17.519
 And what he's going to share

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.140
 in this passage

00:27:18.140 --> 00:27:19.120
 is basically,

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:20.660
 as we walk with God,

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.200
 we're going to see

00:27:21.200 --> 00:27:22.180
 three relationships

00:27:22.180 --> 00:27:22.940
 very differently.

00:27:23.940 --> 00:27:24.580
 We're going to see

00:27:24.580 --> 00:27:25.880
 our relationship with God

00:27:25.880 --> 00:27:26.540
 very differently.

00:27:26.539 --> 00:27:28.579
 We're going to see

00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:29.139
 our relationship

00:27:29.139 --> 00:27:29.899
 with each other

00:27:29.899 --> 00:27:31.019
 very differently.

00:27:31.799 --> 00:27:32.659
 And we're going to see

00:27:32.659 --> 00:27:33.819
 our relationship with money

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:35.059
 very differently.

00:27:35.799 --> 00:27:37.099
 As we walk with God,

00:27:37.440 --> 00:27:38.659
 the Spirit comes into us,

00:27:38.740 --> 00:27:39.799
 the Spirit indwells us,

00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:41.119
 we walk in the power

00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:41.819
 of the Holy Spirit,

00:27:42.119 --> 00:27:42.799
 we comprehend

00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:44.259
 and we understand the gospel,

00:27:44.579 --> 00:27:45.500
 it changes us,

00:27:45.700 --> 00:27:46.859
 and as it changes us,

00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:47.700
 our relationships

00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:48.440
 with each other,

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.399
 with God,

00:27:49.619 --> 00:27:50.319
 and with money

00:27:50.319 --> 00:27:51.139
 and material things

00:27:51.139 --> 00:27:51.759
 are going to be

00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.759
 radically different.

00:27:54.339 --> 00:27:54.899
 And that's what he's

00:27:54.899 --> 00:27:55.659
 sharing to the church.

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:56.359
 He's saying,

00:27:56.539 --> 00:27:57.279
 this is how you know

00:27:57.279 --> 00:27:58.019
 you're walking with me

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:58.799
 because these things

00:27:58.799 --> 00:27:59.299
 are different.

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:02.420
 And so in verses 25,

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:03.619
 26, 3, and 4,

00:28:03.700 --> 00:28:05.220
 he says that as you walk

00:28:05.220 --> 00:28:05.539
 with me,

00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:06.740
 the gospel changes

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.859
 the way you look at God.

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:09.720
 I mean,

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.720
 if I live by the Spirit,

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:12.339
 I see myself differently.

00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:13.819
 If we live by the Spirit,

00:28:13.899 --> 00:28:15.019
 let us walk by the Spirit.

00:28:15.379 --> 00:28:16.539
 Let us not become boastful,

00:28:16.639 --> 00:28:17.559
 challenging one another,

00:28:17.720 --> 00:28:18.539
 envying one another.

00:28:18.940 --> 00:28:19.460
 Verse 3,

00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:20.839
 for if anyone thinks

00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:21.519
 he is something

00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:23.279
 when he is nothing,

00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:24.920
 and in Greek,

00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:26.860
 the word means nothing.

00:28:28.080 --> 00:28:29.300
 If anyone thinks

00:28:29.300 --> 00:28:29.820
 he is something

00:28:29.820 --> 00:28:30.560
 when he is nothing,

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.779
 he deceives himself.

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:34.039
 But each one must examine

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:34.720
 his own work

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.480
 and when he will have

00:28:35.480 --> 00:28:36.759
 reason for boasting

00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:38.120
 in regard to himself alone

00:28:38.120 --> 00:28:39.220
 and not in regard

00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:40.480
 to each other.

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:42.759
 And what Paul says here

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.220
 is that the minute

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:44.420
 we forget the gospel

00:28:44.420 --> 00:28:45.100
 in our life,

00:28:45.300 --> 00:28:46.460
 we become boastful

00:28:46.460 --> 00:28:47.360
 and we become envying.

00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:49.380
 And we look at people

00:28:49.380 --> 00:28:50.120
 around us and we go,

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:51.039
 oh, I wish I had those things.

00:28:51.100 --> 00:28:52.019
 I wish I could do those things.

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:53.200
 I wish I had that name card.

00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:55.160
 And he would say,

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:56.240
 you've lost the gospel.

00:28:57.180 --> 00:28:58.680
 But when the gospel comes in,

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.819
 as we see in this church

00:28:59.819 --> 00:29:00.559
 and in our lives,

00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:02.740
 it creates a new image in us.

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:06.000
 It creates us a new self-image.

00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:07.759
 It creates this new relationship

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:08.480
 that we have with God

00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:09.579
 that I probably should say

00:29:09.579 --> 00:29:11.019
 that it restores

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:12.400
 the original relationship.

00:29:13.400 --> 00:29:15.139
 Before we found our self-worth

00:29:15.139 --> 00:29:16.660
 in what people thought about us.

00:29:17.920 --> 00:29:19.339
 Before we found our self-worth

00:29:19.339 --> 00:29:20.980
 and what people said about us.

00:29:22.139 --> 00:29:23.480
 Before we found our self-worth

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:25.659
 and how people interacted with us

00:29:25.659 --> 00:29:26.659
 and what they did with us

00:29:26.659 --> 00:29:27.519
 and our accomplishments

00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.740
 and what Paul says

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:29.359
 in his passages,

00:29:29.859 --> 00:29:31.059
 if you do that still,

00:29:31.579 --> 00:29:33.379
 you're adding something

00:29:33.379 --> 00:29:34.419
 to the gospel.

00:29:35.699 --> 00:29:37.039
 And you're trying to work

00:29:37.039 --> 00:29:38.159
 for your salvation.

00:29:39.379 --> 00:29:40.240
 Don't do that.

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:42.879
 Because when the gospel comes in,

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:44.919
 you see things differently.

00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:46.059
 You see God differently.

00:29:46.439 --> 00:29:47.179
 And what he says is

00:29:47.179 --> 00:29:48.159
 the gospel creates

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:49.040
 a new image in us.

00:29:49.519 --> 00:29:51.519
 And it's not only a new image,

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:53.540
 but it changes how we evaluate

00:29:53.540 --> 00:29:54.259
 how we're doing.

00:29:55.900 --> 00:29:56.680
 So as Christians,

00:29:56.779 --> 00:29:58.040
 we no longer look at Mark

00:29:58.040 --> 00:29:59.440
 or Kyle or David

00:29:59.440 --> 00:30:00.720
 and we compare ourselves

00:30:00.720 --> 00:30:02.040
 to what they're doing

00:30:02.040 --> 00:30:03.259
 and how we think of ourselves.

00:30:03.460 --> 00:30:04.640
 But it says we compare ourselves

00:30:04.640 --> 00:30:05.160
 to God.

00:30:08.420 --> 00:30:09.519
 How would you like to do that?

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:12.120
 We compare ourselves to God

00:30:12.120 --> 00:30:13.360
 in the standard he's put up there.

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:14.279
 And in verse three,

00:30:14.380 --> 00:30:14.759
 he says,

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:16.120
 when we do that,

00:30:16.420 --> 00:30:17.000
 we're nothing.

00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:19.160
 Nothing.

00:30:21.160 --> 00:30:21.440
 Nothing.

00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:22.880
 I mean,

00:30:22.900 --> 00:30:23.700
 that's kind of encouraging,

00:30:23.840 --> 00:30:24.140
 isn't it?

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:25.420
 I'm nothing.

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:28.440
 But there's a counterbalance

00:30:28.440 --> 00:30:29.480
 to that in the gospel.

00:30:29.860 --> 00:30:30.600
 And what he says is

00:30:30.600 --> 00:30:31.860
 as we understand

00:30:31.860 --> 00:30:32.580
 that we're nothing

00:30:32.580 --> 00:30:34.180
 and we come to Christ

00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:35.540
 and we submit our lives

00:30:35.540 --> 00:30:36.140
 to Christ,

00:30:36.360 --> 00:30:37.160
 we become everything.

00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:42.279
 That the moment we realize

00:30:42.279 --> 00:30:42.920
 that we're nothing,

00:30:43.240 --> 00:30:43.920
 that we've been trying

00:30:43.920 --> 00:30:44.940
 to work in our own way,

00:30:45.000 --> 00:30:45.440
 we've been trying

00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:46.320
 to earn our salvation,

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:47.240
 the minute we say,

00:30:47.379 --> 00:30:47.639
 God,

00:30:48.439 --> 00:30:49.599
 please forgive me

00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:50.720
 for doing that.

00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.899
 I cannot do that.

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:53.740
 Only your son can do that.

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:55.119
 And the minute we submit

00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:56.099
 our lives to Christ,

00:30:56.500 --> 00:30:57.319
 Christ comes in

00:30:57.319 --> 00:30:58.099
 and he takes

00:30:58.099 --> 00:30:59.299
 all of his righteousness,

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.899
 all of the things he did,

00:31:01.139 --> 00:31:02.099
 he takes all of those things

00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:02.539
 on the cross

00:31:02.539 --> 00:31:03.439
 and he puts them

00:31:03.439 --> 00:31:04.200
 right on top of you.

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:06.619
 And so now,

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:07.619
 you're not only nothing,

00:31:07.819 --> 00:31:08.619
 but you're everything.

00:31:08.619 --> 00:31:12.579
 Does that make sense?

00:31:15.399 --> 00:31:16.199
 So it's the reason

00:31:16.199 --> 00:31:16.939
 Paul could say,

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:17.919
 I am the least

00:31:17.919 --> 00:31:18.599
 of these servants.

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:21.079
 I'm the chief of sinners.

00:31:21.459 --> 00:31:22.579
 I'm the worst disciple.

00:31:22.859 --> 00:31:23.859
 But in the same sentence,

00:31:23.919 --> 00:31:24.319
 he could say,

00:31:24.759 --> 00:31:25.439
 follow me

00:31:25.439 --> 00:31:26.859
 as I walk with God.

00:31:28.539 --> 00:31:29.239
 He could say,

00:31:29.439 --> 00:31:30.079
 I'm terrible.

00:31:30.199 --> 00:31:31.139
 I'm having a hard time.

00:31:31.359 --> 00:31:32.679
 I'm nothing compared to God.

00:31:32.799 --> 00:31:34.039
 But look at my life

00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:35.859
 and emulate what I do

00:31:35.859 --> 00:31:37.039
 as I walk with God.

00:31:37.039 --> 00:31:39.899
 And what Paul is telling them

00:31:39.899 --> 00:31:40.740
 and he's telling us

00:31:40.740 --> 00:31:42.779
 is that as we walk with God,

00:31:43.059 --> 00:31:44.319
 the gospel comes in

00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:46.139
 and it changes our identity.

00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:47.920
 It changes who we are.

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:49.180
 It changes how we come

00:31:49.180 --> 00:31:49.980
 about that identity.

00:31:50.339 --> 00:31:51.339
 And we no longer look

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:52.899
 at people or circumstances

00:31:52.899 --> 00:31:54.000
 or things around us,

00:31:54.079 --> 00:31:55.659
 but we look at Jesus Christ.

00:31:57.420 --> 00:31:58.579
 And the Bible says

00:31:58.579 --> 00:31:59.399
 that he's done everything.

00:32:01.980 --> 00:32:03.319
 You guys are really quiet.

00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:05.839
 So the way this works out

00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:06.319
 in our world

00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:07.639
 maybe is something like this.

00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:10.740
 The gospel humbles us

00:32:10.740 --> 00:32:12.619
 and it makes us nothing,

00:32:13.619 --> 00:32:15.519
 but it strengthens us

00:32:15.519 --> 00:32:17.799
 by saying that the only person

00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:19.659
 who really matters

00:32:19.659 --> 00:32:21.359
 what they think about us,

00:32:21.659 --> 00:32:22.000
 God,

00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:24.240
 when God looks at us,

00:32:24.279 --> 00:32:24.700
 he goes,

00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:26.720
 amazing.

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:29.659
 Amazing.

00:32:29.660 --> 00:32:33.000
 So I go into work

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:35.620
 and I walk into Citibank.

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:36.500
 I'll pick on Christine.

00:32:37.759 --> 00:32:38.540
 Someone hands me

00:32:38.540 --> 00:32:39.259
 their business card

00:32:39.259 --> 00:32:40.940
 and I look at it

00:32:40.940 --> 00:32:41.680
 and I see all these

00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:42.540
 global manager,

00:32:42.740 --> 00:32:43.360
 da-da-da-da-da-da-da,

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:45.300
 all these incredible titles there.

00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:47.860
 Maybe I go,

00:32:48.279 --> 00:32:48.620
 wow,

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:51.160
 I need to work harder.

00:32:52.740 --> 00:32:54.240
 I need to be where she is.

00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:56.440
 I need to get all those titles

00:32:56.440 --> 00:32:57.299
 behind my name.

00:32:58.279 --> 00:32:58.640
 Man,

00:32:58.700 --> 00:32:59.680
 I really envy her.

00:33:00.799 --> 00:33:01.500
 And as a Christian,

00:33:01.579 --> 00:33:02.500
 the minute I do that,

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:05.339
 I de-gospel myself.

00:33:08.339 --> 00:33:09.759
 I don't know if that makes sense.

00:33:10.440 --> 00:33:10.660
 I mean,

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:11.859
 I still have my salvation,

00:33:12.120 --> 00:33:13.140
 but I'm like this train.

00:33:13.240 --> 00:33:14.120
 I'm hooked to the engine.

00:33:14.759 --> 00:33:15.640
 And the minute I say,

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.160
 man,

00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:17.099
 I wish I could do that,

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:17.519
 boop!

00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:20.059
 And I've lost the power

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:20.720
 of the Holy Spirit.

00:33:21.339 --> 00:33:22.160
 I've lost the power

00:33:22.160 --> 00:33:22.680
 of the gospel.

00:33:23.920 --> 00:33:24.119
 I mean,

00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:25.259
 I've de-gospeled myself.

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:28.839
 And so I need people around me

00:33:28.839 --> 00:33:29.660
 to come alongside of me

00:33:29.660 --> 00:33:29.920
 and say,

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:30.539
 dude,

00:33:30.619 --> 00:33:31.359
 you've got to come back

00:33:31.359 --> 00:33:32.559
 to what Christ says about you

00:33:32.559 --> 00:33:32.920
 is true

00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:34.019
 and don't get down on that

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:37.559
 because you're a child of God.

00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:40.660
 Or maybe I look at my name tag

00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:41.599
 and I pass it to somebody

00:33:41.599 --> 00:33:43.779
 and I'm like a billion titles

00:33:43.779 --> 00:33:45.180
 and I pass it to Christine now

00:33:45.180 --> 00:33:46.859
 and I look at it and go,

00:33:46.859 --> 00:33:47.099
 hey,

00:33:47.259 --> 00:33:48.119
 deal with that.

00:33:52.119 --> 00:33:52.479
 Well,

00:33:52.619 --> 00:33:53.659
 I brought in pride,

00:33:53.779 --> 00:33:54.019
 right?

00:33:54.139 --> 00:33:54.779
 Verse 26,

00:33:54.879 --> 00:33:55.519
 first one was envy,

00:33:55.599 --> 00:33:56.339
 now it's pride.

00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:58.619
 And the minute I get proudful,

00:33:59.439 --> 00:34:00.579
 I de-gospel myself.

00:34:02.639 --> 00:34:03.539
 And someone needs to come

00:34:03.539 --> 00:34:04.119
 alongside me and say,

00:34:04.179 --> 00:34:04.379
 dude,

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:06.079
 you're getting really prideful

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:06.459
 about that,

00:34:06.500 --> 00:34:07.679
 but that's not who you are.

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:11.819
 When you pull out that name tag,

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:12.559
 the only title

00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:13.920
 that really means anything

00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:15.279
 in God's world

00:34:15.280 --> 00:34:17.120
 is a child of God.

00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:19.640
 Tobin,

00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:20.840
 a child of God.

00:34:22.680 --> 00:34:23.080
 John,

00:34:23.180 --> 00:34:24.000
 a child of God.

00:34:24.140 --> 00:34:24.460
 Christine,

00:34:24.660 --> 00:34:25.300
 a child of God.

00:34:26.780 --> 00:34:27.680
 That's the only title

00:34:27.680 --> 00:34:28.440
 that means anything.

00:34:29.680 --> 00:34:30.420
 And if we rely on

00:34:30.420 --> 00:34:31.100
 any other title,

00:34:31.200 --> 00:34:32.200
 we de-gospel ourself

00:34:32.200 --> 00:34:33.620
 and I'm going to get in trouble

00:34:33.620 --> 00:34:34.040
 when I say it,

00:34:34.160 --> 00:34:34.740
 but we just,

00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:36.019
 we de-gospel ourself.

00:34:36.019 --> 00:34:39.360
 You come home today

00:34:39.360 --> 00:34:40.599
 and your kids get this letter

00:34:40.599 --> 00:34:42.579
 and Harvard University says,

00:34:43.320 --> 00:34:45.139
 we think your kids are amazing

00:34:45.139 --> 00:34:47.039
 and we're going to give up

00:34:47.039 --> 00:34:48.099
 half of our endowment

00:34:48.099 --> 00:34:49.380
 to get them into our school.

00:34:50.300 --> 00:34:50.739
 Incredible.

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:52.559
 And you're like,

00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:54.559
 but my kids are only eight years old.

00:34:55.300 --> 00:34:56.019
 Who cares?

00:34:56.099 --> 00:34:56.780
 We want them.

00:34:58.199 --> 00:34:59.759
 You've done such a great job

00:34:59.759 --> 00:35:00.900
 in educating your kids.

00:35:01.380 --> 00:35:02.980
 You should be really proud

00:35:02.980 --> 00:35:03.559
 of yourself.

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:07.779
 But the minute you do that,

00:35:07.840 --> 00:35:08.360
 what happens?

00:35:09.619 --> 00:35:10.759
 You've taken your thoughts

00:35:10.759 --> 00:35:12.079
 and ideas off of Christ

00:35:12.079 --> 00:35:12.380
 and say,

00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:13.500
 this is who defines me.

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:14.460
 This is what I look at.

00:35:14.699 --> 00:35:15.719
 This is who I am.

00:35:16.739 --> 00:35:18.440
 And we put it on our kids' education.

00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:23.299
 There are a lot of us in here

00:35:23.299 --> 00:35:24.400
 who are de-gospeling ourselves

00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:25.679
 on our kids' education, guys.

00:35:28.659 --> 00:35:30.239
 But that doesn't define us.

00:35:31.799 --> 00:35:32.860
 And in the same way,

00:35:32.860 --> 00:35:34.620
 you might have one of my kids

00:35:34.620 --> 00:35:37.300
 and they're getting rejection letters,

00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:37.720
 you know,

00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:39.300
 hey, we know your kid's eight years old,

00:35:39.380 --> 00:35:40.620
 but don't even think about it.

00:35:42.780 --> 00:35:44.019
 Maybe a football scholarship,

00:35:44.180 --> 00:35:44.820
 but that's about it.

00:35:46.620 --> 00:35:48.440
 And I get all sad and depressed

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:50.160
 and I walk around

00:35:50.160 --> 00:35:52.599
 and I just feel terrible.

00:35:53.599 --> 00:35:55.059
 What a terrible parent I am.

00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:57.960
 My kid didn't get into Harvard

00:35:57.960 --> 00:35:59.680
 and they should have got in by now

00:35:59.679 --> 00:36:00.480
 because they're almost nine.

00:36:02.819 --> 00:36:03.779
 But the minute I do that,

00:36:03.839 --> 00:36:04.879
 I de-gospel myself.

00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:07.599
 And I take my focus off of Jesus

00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:09.079
 and I put my focus on my kids

00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:09.759
 and the education.

00:36:10.119 --> 00:36:10.879
 And all these things

00:36:10.879 --> 00:36:12.099
 that the world says is important.

00:36:15.219 --> 00:36:16.539
 The question we have to ask ourselves

00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:18.460
 is what are we de-gospeling ourselves with?

00:36:18.460 --> 00:36:25.260
 What is it that draws our attention away from Jesus

00:36:25.260 --> 00:36:27.960
 and says that's more important?

00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:32.940
 Paul goes on and he says,

00:36:33.380 --> 00:36:34.519
 if you're walking in the Spirit

00:36:34.519 --> 00:36:36.119
 and God's power is in you

00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:37.119
 and the Holy Spirit is with you

00:36:37.119 --> 00:36:38.280
 and you understand what's going on,

00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:40.240
 that's gonna change how you see relationships

00:36:40.240 --> 00:36:40.980
 with other people.

00:36:42.280 --> 00:36:43.079
 Verses one and two,

00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:43.539
 he says that,

00:36:43.579 --> 00:36:43.800
 he says,

00:36:44.380 --> 00:36:44.639
 brethren,

00:36:44.760 --> 00:36:46.300
 if anyone is caught in a trespass,

00:36:46.300 --> 00:36:47.280
 you who are spiritual,

00:36:47.380 --> 00:36:49.080
 which means you're walking with God,

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:50.740
 not that you're incredibly mature,

00:36:50.820 --> 00:36:51.800
 but you're walking with God,

00:36:52.220 --> 00:36:52.700
 restore,

00:36:52.860 --> 00:36:53.420
 it's a Greek word,

00:36:53.480 --> 00:36:54.539
 it means to set a bone.

00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:56.160
 You have a dislocated ankle

00:36:56.160 --> 00:36:56.840
 or arm

00:36:56.840 --> 00:36:57.860
 or a broken bone.

00:36:57.900 --> 00:36:58.100
 He says,

00:36:58.160 --> 00:36:58.660
 restore them,

00:36:58.740 --> 00:36:59.620
 bring them back together.

00:37:00.200 --> 00:37:01.300
 And as you do that,

00:37:01.640 --> 00:37:02.240
 be careful,

00:37:03.320 --> 00:37:04.060
 be gentle,

00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:05.820
 look to yourself

00:37:05.820 --> 00:37:07.900
 because you might be tempted one day

00:37:07.900 --> 00:37:08.800
 and do the same thing.

00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:13.039
 We can go on and on about this passage,

00:37:13.140 --> 00:37:13.480
 but he's saying

00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:15.160
 that as we understand the gospel

00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:16.139
 and as we walk with God,

00:37:16.339 --> 00:37:17.239
 it changes the way

00:37:17.239 --> 00:37:18.239
 we look at relationships.

00:37:19.099 --> 00:37:20.119
 And when we see people sinning,

00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:21.079
 we don't just look at them

00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:21.239
 and go,

00:37:21.339 --> 00:37:23.059
 I knew they would do that.

00:37:25.539 --> 00:37:25.879
 I mean,

00:37:25.899 --> 00:37:26.799
 they talk about those things

00:37:26.799 --> 00:37:27.199
 all the time,

00:37:27.239 --> 00:37:27.799
 but I knew they were gonna,

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:28.839
 I knew they were fake.

00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:31.940
 And the minute you do that,

00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:32.960
 you've de-gospeled yourself

00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:34.539
 and instead of focusing on Jesus,

00:37:34.619 --> 00:37:35.659
 you're focusing on that person

00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:36.460
 and their failure.

00:37:37.879 --> 00:37:38.319
 And Paul says,

00:37:38.420 --> 00:37:38.659
 no,

00:37:38.759 --> 00:37:40.179
 the way we change

00:37:40.179 --> 00:37:41.139
 when we walk with God

00:37:41.139 --> 00:37:41.819
 is we look at people

00:37:41.819 --> 00:37:42.440
 and they're failing

00:37:42.440 --> 00:37:43.859
 and we come alongside of them

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:44.099
 and say,

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:44.860
 dude,

00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:46.320
 do you know what you're doing?

00:37:47.840 --> 00:37:48.720
 Stop doing that.

00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:52.280
 You're sacrificing your family

00:37:52.280 --> 00:37:53.019
 for your job.

00:37:54.240 --> 00:37:54.460
 I mean,

00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:55.519
 you say it's all about yourself,

00:37:55.620 --> 00:37:56.039
 but you're really,

00:37:56.360 --> 00:37:57.059
 it's really not

00:37:57.059 --> 00:37:58.079
 because it's about your ego.

00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:01.740
 You're de-gospeling yourself.

00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:05.420
 But you do it gently.

00:38:06.820 --> 00:38:07.320
 It doesn't say

00:38:07.320 --> 00:38:08.360
 go to non-believers

00:38:08.360 --> 00:38:08.880
 and say,

00:38:09.039 --> 00:38:09.800
 you're going to hell.

00:38:10.780 --> 00:38:11.500
 That's probably not

00:38:11.500 --> 00:38:12.039
 the best way

00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:12.640
 to talk to people

00:38:12.640 --> 00:38:13.400
 who don't know Christ.

00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:15.460
 But he's talking about

00:38:15.460 --> 00:38:16.700
 people in the family of God

00:38:16.700 --> 00:38:17.500
 and when you're in

00:38:17.500 --> 00:38:18.320
 the family of God

00:38:18.320 --> 00:38:18.700
 like this,

00:38:18.740 --> 00:38:19.740
 you come alongside each other,

00:38:19.820 --> 00:38:20.660
 you encourage each other,

00:38:20.900 --> 00:38:22.460
 you gently restore each other.

00:38:22.680 --> 00:38:23.620
 He goes on and he says,

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:25.060
 if you're in the family of God,

00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:26.160
 another thing that changes

00:38:26.160 --> 00:38:26.700
 your relationship

00:38:26.700 --> 00:38:27.300
 is that you bear

00:38:27.300 --> 00:38:28.019
 each other's burdens.

00:38:29.620 --> 00:38:30.420
 And the word here,

00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:31.019
 and the word picture

00:38:31.019 --> 00:38:31.880
 is very powerful,

00:38:32.000 --> 00:38:33.160
 it's very unique,

00:38:33.400 --> 00:38:34.160
 and it basically means

00:38:34.160 --> 00:38:35.120
 you come alongside

00:38:35.120 --> 00:38:36.019
 of that person,

00:38:36.340 --> 00:38:37.200
 they have this borrows,

00:38:37.260 --> 00:38:38.500
 they have this huge burden

00:38:38.500 --> 00:38:39.519
 on them that's killing them.

00:38:39.739 --> 00:38:40.599
 It might be economic,

00:38:40.800 --> 00:38:41.559
 it might be social,

00:38:41.699 --> 00:38:42.500
 it might be sin,

00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:43.800
 it might be something

00:38:43.800 --> 00:38:44.719
 going on in their family,

00:38:44.980 --> 00:38:45.920
 it could be health issues,

00:38:46.199 --> 00:38:47.719
 it could be a million things.

00:38:49.079 --> 00:38:49.539
 But he says,

00:38:49.659 --> 00:38:51.099
 to have compassion,

00:38:51.840 --> 00:38:52.820
 to help them,

00:38:53.219 --> 00:38:54.219
 to de-burden them,

00:38:54.460 --> 00:38:55.400
 you have to come

00:38:55.400 --> 00:38:56.579
 right beside them.

00:38:57.920 --> 00:38:58.840
 And you have to get

00:38:58.840 --> 00:38:59.960
 underneath that load.

00:39:00.719 --> 00:39:01.579
 And you have to know

00:39:01.579 --> 00:39:02.099
 what's going on

00:39:02.099 --> 00:39:02.800
 in their life.

00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:04.559
 And sometimes,

00:39:04.780 --> 00:39:05.760
 I confess as Christians,

00:39:06.239 --> 00:39:06.519
 we just,

00:39:06.659 --> 00:39:07.639
 I don't do that, right?

00:39:07.639 --> 00:39:07.920
 I say,

00:39:07.960 --> 00:39:08.639
 I'll pray for you, dude.

00:39:09.759 --> 00:39:10.719
 But I don't take the time

00:39:10.719 --> 00:39:11.819
 to get into their world

00:39:11.819 --> 00:39:12.559
 and understand

00:39:12.559 --> 00:39:13.179
 what's happening

00:39:13.179 --> 00:39:13.859
 in their life.

00:39:14.239 --> 00:39:14.839
 And Paul says,

00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:16.279
 we have to do that,

00:39:16.319 --> 00:39:16.859
 we do that.

00:39:17.059 --> 00:39:17.920
 That's the action

00:39:17.920 --> 00:39:19.139
 of us becoming Christians.

00:39:20.659 --> 00:39:21.299
 Because that's what

00:39:21.299 --> 00:39:22.000
 Christians do.

00:39:23.739 --> 00:39:24.599
 Christians come alongside

00:39:24.599 --> 00:39:25.039
 each other

00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:25.779
 and they help each other

00:39:25.779 --> 00:39:26.779
 and they pick each other up.

00:39:30.799 --> 00:39:31.579
 And be careful

00:39:31.579 --> 00:39:32.259
 when you do that

00:39:32.259 --> 00:39:32.819
 and be gentle

00:39:32.819 --> 00:39:33.579
 when you do that.

00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:36.179
 But you need to do that.

00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:38.619
 And if you don't do that,

00:39:38.679 --> 00:39:39.599
 you de-gospel yourself

00:39:39.599 --> 00:39:40.839
 and you start looking at them

00:39:40.839 --> 00:39:41.739
 and you don't look at Jesus.

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:43.799
 But he's saying,

00:39:43.900 --> 00:39:44.400
 we're a family,

00:39:44.519 --> 00:39:45.059
 we do it together,

00:39:45.139 --> 00:39:45.759
 we need each other,

00:39:45.799 --> 00:39:46.579
 we gotta help each other.

00:39:47.859 --> 00:39:48.359
 And Paul says,

00:39:48.679 --> 00:39:49.400
 if you're walking

00:39:49.400 --> 00:39:50.159
 in this,

00:39:50.539 --> 00:39:51.539
 community is messy.

00:39:52.719 --> 00:39:52.920
 I mean,

00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:53.900
 community is hard,

00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:54.460
 it's difficult,

00:39:54.559 --> 00:39:54.879
 it's messy.

00:39:55.119 --> 00:39:55.519
 When we said

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:57.039
 Watermark Community Church,

00:39:57.119 --> 00:39:57.679
 we realized

00:39:57.679 --> 00:39:59.259
 everyone needs community,

00:39:59.440 --> 00:40:00.460
 everyone needs to be known,

00:40:00.859 --> 00:40:02.400
 but people don't embrace

00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:03.059
 it very well

00:40:03.059 --> 00:40:04.799
 because it's messy

00:40:04.799 --> 00:40:05.420
 and it's difficult

00:40:05.420 --> 00:40:05.960
 and it's hard.

00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:09.360
 But Paul says,

00:40:09.840 --> 00:40:11.440
 if you're walking

00:40:11.440 --> 00:40:12.220
 in the Spirit,

00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:14.019
 if you're a child of God,

00:40:14.320 --> 00:40:15.320
 if you're mine,

00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:16.500
 then you are going

00:40:16.500 --> 00:40:17.079
 to be a part

00:40:17.079 --> 00:40:17.760
 of a community

00:40:17.760 --> 00:40:18.860
 and you're gonna come

00:40:18.860 --> 00:40:19.760
 alongside people,

00:40:19.860 --> 00:40:20.460
 you're gonna help them

00:40:20.460 --> 00:40:21.039
 when they sin,

00:40:21.300 --> 00:40:22.039
 you're gonna help them

00:40:22.039 --> 00:40:22.860
 when they're under burdens

00:40:22.860 --> 00:40:24.220
 and you're gonna carry

00:40:24.220 --> 00:40:25.320
 those things for them.

00:40:27.460 --> 00:40:27.720
 In fact,

00:40:27.760 --> 00:40:28.240
 he said there's only

00:40:28.240 --> 00:40:28.699
 one burden

00:40:28.699 --> 00:40:29.500
 you can't carry

00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:32.000
 and that burden

00:40:32.000 --> 00:40:32.760
 is your salvation.

00:40:32.760 --> 00:40:36.500
 your salvation

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:39.660
 because Jesus carried it

00:40:39.660 --> 00:40:40.400
 for you at the cross

00:40:40.400 --> 00:40:43.980
 but everything else

00:40:43.980 --> 00:40:44.440
 you can't

00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:47.220
 because I've already

00:40:47.220 --> 00:40:48.160
 carried everything

00:40:48.160 --> 00:40:50.760
 and because I did,

00:40:50.840 --> 00:40:51.180
 you can.

00:40:54.460 --> 00:40:55.820
 Christ was crushed

00:40:55.820 --> 00:40:58.180
 carrying our burdens

00:40:58.179 --> 00:41:01.559
 so that we can

00:41:01.559 --> 00:41:02.139
 help each other.

00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:06.839
 The minute we forget

00:41:06.839 --> 00:41:07.239
 about that,

00:41:07.299 --> 00:41:07.819
 Paul says,

00:41:08.500 --> 00:41:08.919
 you've allowed

00:41:08.919 --> 00:41:09.579
 the Judaizers

00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:10.179
 to come in

00:41:10.179 --> 00:41:10.799
 and the Judaizers

00:41:10.799 --> 00:41:11.239
 come in

00:41:11.239 --> 00:41:11.579
 and they say,

00:41:11.639 --> 00:41:12.399
 you're a sinful person,

00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:12.679
 bad,

00:41:12.739 --> 00:41:13.139
 get out of here.

00:41:14.799 --> 00:41:15.719
 You're a broken person,

00:41:15.779 --> 00:41:16.419
 you have this burden here,

00:41:16.460 --> 00:41:17.059
 let me give you more.

00:41:17.500 --> 00:41:18.019
 Tithe more,

00:41:18.159 --> 00:41:18.879
 read your Bible more,

00:41:19.139 --> 00:41:19.839
 do these things more.

00:41:20.119 --> 00:41:20.440
 And you say,

00:41:20.460 --> 00:41:21.099
 are you gonna do that?

00:41:21.159 --> 00:41:21.839
 No, I'm not doing it

00:41:21.839 --> 00:41:22.659
 but I'm giving you to do it.

00:41:22.659 --> 00:41:25.219
 Paul says,

00:41:25.319 --> 00:41:25.579
 no.

00:41:27.460 --> 00:41:28.739
 The gospel brings freedom

00:41:28.739 --> 00:41:29.500
 and it brings change

00:41:29.500 --> 00:41:30.019
 in our lives.

00:41:31.039 --> 00:41:31.299
 Finally,

00:41:31.420 --> 00:41:32.359
 Paul says in this passage

00:41:32.359 --> 00:41:33.379
 five through ten

00:41:33.379 --> 00:41:34.099
 and we're just flying

00:41:34.099 --> 00:41:34.839
 through this guys

00:41:34.839 --> 00:41:36.039
 because I wanna come back

00:41:36.039 --> 00:41:36.839
 to this at a later date

00:41:36.839 --> 00:41:38.339
 because I don't wanna keep you

00:41:38.339 --> 00:41:39.199
 past two o'clock.

00:41:42.619 --> 00:41:43.179
 Paul says

00:41:43.179 --> 00:41:44.139
 if you understand the gospel

00:41:44.139 --> 00:41:45.099
 and if the fruit of the spirit

00:41:45.099 --> 00:41:46.159
 is living out in your life

00:41:46.159 --> 00:41:47.359
 and if the Holy Spirit

00:41:47.359 --> 00:41:49.139
 is changing you

00:41:49.139 --> 00:41:50.920
 and if you're walking with him

00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:52.440
 then you're gonna view money

00:41:52.440 --> 00:41:53.300
 very differently.

00:41:55.179 --> 00:41:56.000
 Five through ten,

00:41:56.079 --> 00:41:56.920
 he says you're gonna view money

00:41:56.920 --> 00:41:57.820
 and there's nothing

00:41:57.820 --> 00:41:59.220
 that talks about a person's heart

00:41:59.220 --> 00:42:00.280
 more and quicker

00:42:00.280 --> 00:42:01.440
 than their view of money.

00:42:03.579 --> 00:42:04.720
 Jesus talked about it

00:42:04.720 --> 00:42:06.280
 45% of the time he preached.

00:42:08.159 --> 00:42:08.860
 And for some reason

00:42:08.860 --> 00:42:09.519
 as pastors

00:42:09.519 --> 00:42:10.240
 and as churches

00:42:10.240 --> 00:42:12.619
 we are really afraid

00:42:12.619 --> 00:42:13.559
 to talk about it

00:42:13.559 --> 00:42:14.679
 and I think that's just

00:42:14.679 --> 00:42:15.559
 really terrible

00:42:15.559 --> 00:42:17.280
 because it puts these burdens

00:42:17.280 --> 00:42:17.740
 on people

00:42:17.740 --> 00:42:18.860
 and we don't ever discuss it

00:42:18.860 --> 00:42:19.280
 in church

00:42:19.280 --> 00:42:20.599
 but Jesus says

00:42:20.599 --> 00:42:21.440
 and Paul says

00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:22.039
 that when you become

00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:22.480
 a Christian

00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:23.699
 you look at money

00:42:23.699 --> 00:42:24.119
 differently.

00:42:28.579 --> 00:42:29.679
 He says in his passage

00:42:29.679 --> 00:42:30.579
 that you're generous

00:42:30.579 --> 00:42:32.719
 that you sow money

00:42:32.719 --> 00:42:33.079
 and it means

00:42:33.079 --> 00:42:33.380
 this idea

00:42:33.380 --> 00:42:34.340
 is throwing it out there.

00:42:34.679 --> 00:42:35.340
 You throw your money

00:42:35.340 --> 00:42:36.059
 to your teachers.

00:42:36.539 --> 00:42:37.099
 You throw your money

00:42:37.099 --> 00:42:37.719
 to the church.

00:42:38.059 --> 00:42:38.599
 You throw your money

00:42:38.599 --> 00:42:39.539
 to spiritual things.

00:42:39.900 --> 00:42:40.500
 You throw your money

00:42:40.500 --> 00:42:41.380
 to those in need.

00:42:43.019 --> 00:42:44.139
 You think of your relationship

00:42:44.139 --> 00:42:44.779
 with money differently

00:42:44.779 --> 00:42:45.840
 because God has given you

00:42:45.840 --> 00:42:46.139
 everything

00:42:46.139 --> 00:42:46.820
 and you realize

00:42:46.820 --> 00:42:47.340
 it's his

00:42:47.340 --> 00:42:48.400
 and he wants you

00:42:48.400 --> 00:42:49.039
 to be a good steward

00:42:49.039 --> 00:42:49.440
 of that.

00:42:52.480 --> 00:42:53.320
 And so as we walk

00:42:53.320 --> 00:42:53.680
 with God

00:42:53.680 --> 00:42:54.280
 one of the ways

00:42:54.280 --> 00:42:54.940
 we know that we're

00:42:54.940 --> 00:42:55.680
 walking with him

00:42:55.680 --> 00:42:56.800
 and he's changing us

00:42:56.800 --> 00:42:57.480
 is we think of money

00:42:57.480 --> 00:42:57.880
 differently.

00:43:00.320 --> 00:43:01.639
 We use it as a tool

00:43:01.639 --> 00:43:04.139
 to increase his kingdom.

00:43:05.400 --> 00:43:05.880
 He gives us

00:43:05.880 --> 00:43:06.639
 two warnings there

00:43:06.639 --> 00:43:08.720
 two very powerful warnings.

00:43:08.840 --> 00:43:09.519
 The first warning is

00:43:09.519 --> 00:43:11.019
 you reap what you sow.

00:43:13.519 --> 00:43:14.420
 He says every one of us

00:43:14.420 --> 00:43:15.360
 is planting seeds

00:43:15.360 --> 00:43:16.400
 with our money

00:43:16.400 --> 00:43:18.139
 and with our time

00:43:18.139 --> 00:43:19.880
 and with our gifting.

00:43:20.740 --> 00:43:21.280
 Every one of us

00:43:21.280 --> 00:43:22.400
 are planting seeds

00:43:22.400 --> 00:43:23.840
 and he's saying

00:43:23.840 --> 00:43:24.300
 be careful

00:43:24.300 --> 00:43:24.920
 what kind of seeds

00:43:24.920 --> 00:43:25.400
 you're planting

00:43:25.400 --> 00:43:26.820
 because if you're planting

00:43:26.820 --> 00:43:27.780
 a fleshly seed

00:43:27.780 --> 00:43:28.680
 it's going to reap

00:43:28.680 --> 00:43:29.460
 to your flesh.

00:43:32.400 --> 00:43:33.619
 Plant spiritual seeds.

00:43:35.760 --> 00:43:36.840
 He gives a second warning.

00:43:36.900 --> 00:43:37.360
 The second warning

00:43:37.360 --> 00:43:38.019
 basically is this.

00:43:38.300 --> 00:43:39.059
 Sometimes planting

00:43:39.059 --> 00:43:39.780
 spiritual seeds

00:43:39.780 --> 00:43:40.700
 takes a long time.

00:43:42.500 --> 00:43:43.240
 Sometimes you plant

00:43:43.240 --> 00:43:43.660
 a church

00:43:43.660 --> 00:43:45.119
 and you don't see

00:43:45.119 --> 00:43:45.740
 hardly anything

00:43:45.739 --> 00:43:46.599
 going on there

00:43:46.599 --> 00:43:48.179
 and you keep

00:43:48.179 --> 00:43:48.939
 preaching the gospel

00:43:48.939 --> 00:43:49.399
 and you keep

00:43:49.399 --> 00:43:50.059
 preaching the gospel

00:43:50.059 --> 00:43:50.439
 and you keep

00:43:50.439 --> 00:43:50.919
 loving people

00:43:50.919 --> 00:43:51.219
 and you keep

00:43:51.219 --> 00:43:51.819
 sharing with people

00:43:51.819 --> 00:43:52.619
 and you don't see

00:43:52.619 --> 00:43:53.319
 any change at all

00:43:53.319 --> 00:43:53.899
 in people's lives.

00:43:53.979 --> 00:43:54.419
 You don't see people

00:43:54.419 --> 00:43:54.739
 coming.

00:43:55.099 --> 00:43:55.759
 You don't see growth.

00:43:56.059 --> 00:43:56.519
 You don't see all

00:43:56.519 --> 00:43:57.099
 these things that you

00:43:57.099 --> 00:43:57.699
 think maybe they

00:43:57.699 --> 00:43:58.279
 should happen

00:43:58.279 --> 00:44:00.539
 and Paul says

00:44:00.539 --> 00:44:01.039
 be careful

00:44:01.039 --> 00:44:01.659
 and be gentle

00:44:01.659 --> 00:44:03.239
 and be patient

00:44:03.239 --> 00:44:06.399
 because if you plant

00:44:06.399 --> 00:44:07.379
 my word

00:44:07.379 --> 00:44:08.139
 if you plant

00:44:08.139 --> 00:44:09.059
 the money

00:44:09.059 --> 00:44:09.739
 if you plant

00:44:09.739 --> 00:44:10.279
 the seed

00:44:10.279 --> 00:44:11.379
 I promise you

00:44:11.379 --> 00:44:12.039
 that it will grow.

00:44:12.039 --> 00:44:15.059
 you can trust me

00:44:15.059 --> 00:44:16.779
 because I'm in on this.

00:44:16.880 --> 00:44:17.619
 Don't get discouraged

00:44:17.619 --> 00:44:18.480
 when things don't happen

00:44:18.480 --> 00:44:19.219
 the way that you think

00:44:19.219 --> 00:44:19.759
 they're going to happen

00:44:19.759 --> 00:44:20.599
 because he says

00:44:20.599 --> 00:44:21.679
 the harvest is sure

00:44:21.679 --> 00:44:22.820
 and it will happen

00:44:22.820 --> 00:44:25.659
 and God's timing

00:44:25.659 --> 00:44:26.239
 is perfect.

00:44:27.980 --> 00:44:28.360
 Paul

00:44:28.360 --> 00:44:29.759
 he's encouraging

00:44:29.759 --> 00:44:30.340
 all of us

00:44:30.340 --> 00:44:31.279
 he's encouraging

00:44:31.279 --> 00:44:31.639
 all of us

00:44:31.639 --> 00:44:31.960
 he's saying

00:44:31.960 --> 00:44:33.019
 just because you're

00:44:33.019 --> 00:44:33.920
 free of the law

00:44:33.920 --> 00:44:34.759
 just because

00:44:34.759 --> 00:44:36.500
 you walk in grace

00:44:36.500 --> 00:44:37.320
 it doesn't mean

00:44:37.320 --> 00:44:37.739
 you don't have

00:44:37.739 --> 00:44:38.320
 responsibility.

00:44:38.320 --> 00:44:42.960
 you have a responsibility

00:44:42.960 --> 00:44:43.500
 to the people

00:44:43.500 --> 00:44:44.039
 around you.

00:44:46.000 --> 00:44:47.080
 You have a responsibility

00:44:47.080 --> 00:44:47.740
 to love

00:44:47.740 --> 00:44:50.720
 to be patient

00:44:50.720 --> 00:44:52.940
 to be joyful

00:44:52.940 --> 00:44:55.880
 to be in community

00:44:55.880 --> 00:44:58.600
 to use your money wisely

00:44:58.600 --> 00:44:59.600
 for the kingdom of God

00:44:59.600 --> 00:45:01.720
 to care for people

00:45:01.720 --> 00:45:02.340
 that are struggling

00:45:02.340 --> 00:45:03.260
 don't think

00:45:03.260 --> 00:45:04.100
 just because I'm free

00:45:04.100 --> 00:45:04.500
 I'm free

00:45:04.500 --> 00:45:04.880
 I'm free

00:45:04.880 --> 00:45:05.600
 I can do anything

00:45:05.600 --> 00:45:07.180
 no Paul says no

00:45:07.179 --> 00:45:10.259
 your freedom

00:45:10.259 --> 00:45:11.199
 has this amazing

00:45:11.199 --> 00:45:11.919
 responsibility

00:45:11.919 --> 00:45:12.799
 that I've given you

00:45:12.799 --> 00:45:13.919
 and you need to look

00:45:13.919 --> 00:45:14.839
 at these things differently

00:45:14.839 --> 00:45:16.819
 because if you don't

00:45:16.819 --> 00:45:18.299
 then maybe God's spirit

00:45:18.299 --> 00:45:20.379
 isn't inside of you

00:45:20.379 --> 00:45:23.940
 and I don't want you

00:45:23.940 --> 00:45:25.000
 to fool yourselves

00:45:25.000 --> 00:45:27.579
 in the thinking

00:45:27.579 --> 00:45:28.339
 that you're in the family

00:45:28.339 --> 00:45:28.899
 of God

00:45:28.899 --> 00:45:31.379
 but the fruit

00:45:31.379 --> 00:45:32.039
 that you're producing

00:45:32.039 --> 00:45:35.199
 is not love

00:45:35.199 --> 00:45:36.980
 joy

00:45:36.980 --> 00:45:38.619
 peace

00:45:38.619 --> 00:45:40.179
 patience

00:45:40.179 --> 00:45:41.739
 kindness

00:45:41.739 --> 00:45:43.179
 gentleness

00:45:43.179 --> 00:45:44.859
 self-control

00:45:44.859 --> 00:45:49.539
 where do we go from here

00:45:49.539 --> 00:45:50.460
 so what now

00:45:50.460 --> 00:45:52.480
 maybe this week

00:45:52.480 --> 00:45:53.219
 we should ask ourselves

00:45:53.219 --> 00:45:53.779
 some questions

00:45:53.779 --> 00:45:54.839
 maybe we should ask ourselves

00:45:54.839 --> 00:45:55.239
 the question

00:45:55.239 --> 00:45:57.219
 where do I find my self-worth

00:45:57.219 --> 00:46:03.319
 do I find it in how people

00:46:03.319 --> 00:46:04.000
 think of me

00:46:04.000 --> 00:46:04.939
 and what they say about me

00:46:04.940 --> 00:46:08.240
 do I find it in my bank account

00:46:08.240 --> 00:46:11.019
 do I find it in the watch I wear

00:46:11.019 --> 00:46:12.119
 or the car I drive

00:46:12.119 --> 00:46:13.079
 or my family

00:46:13.079 --> 00:46:13.760
 and the kids

00:46:13.760 --> 00:46:14.420
 and the schools

00:46:14.420 --> 00:46:15.420
 my family gets into

00:46:15.420 --> 00:46:17.019
 is that where I find my self-worth

00:46:17.019 --> 00:46:20.440
 Paul says the minute you do that

00:46:20.440 --> 00:46:21.700
 you've de-gospeled yourself

00:46:21.700 --> 00:46:25.500
 and you've missed the power

00:46:25.500 --> 00:46:26.700
 of God's word

00:46:26.700 --> 00:46:28.539
 what would you do

00:46:28.539 --> 00:46:29.300
 this week

00:46:29.300 --> 00:46:30.700
 if you came into your office

00:46:30.700 --> 00:46:32.079
 and you were fired

00:46:32.079 --> 00:46:34.460
 in the most embarrassing way possible

00:46:34.460 --> 00:46:37.559
 they stopped you at the door

00:46:37.559 --> 00:46:39.360
 took your phone

00:46:39.360 --> 00:46:40.539
 and just smashed it

00:46:40.539 --> 00:46:42.579
 took out your credit cards

00:46:42.579 --> 00:46:43.300
 and your access cards

00:46:43.300 --> 00:46:44.199
 just cut them in half

00:46:44.199 --> 00:46:46.039
 so get out of here

00:46:46.039 --> 00:46:49.079
 how would you react

00:46:49.079 --> 00:46:55.159
 how you react

00:46:55.159 --> 00:46:58.440
 shares where your heart is

00:46:58.440 --> 00:47:01.800
 and what you're holding on to

00:47:01.800 --> 00:47:02.780
 besides the gospel

00:47:02.780 --> 00:47:05.980
 now I'm sure

00:47:05.980 --> 00:47:07.300
 it's good to be disappointed

00:47:07.300 --> 00:47:09.679
 because that would be terrible

00:47:09.679 --> 00:47:11.920
 but that's not my identity

00:47:11.920 --> 00:47:16.159
 if one day I were up here

00:47:16.159 --> 00:47:17.220
 and I could no longer preach

00:47:17.220 --> 00:47:18.460
 that wouldn't be my identity

00:47:18.460 --> 00:47:21.740
 or I could no longer speak

00:47:21.740 --> 00:47:22.760
 or I could no longer do something

00:47:22.760 --> 00:47:24.079
 that's not who I am in Christ

00:47:24.079 --> 00:47:28.420
 and in Christ

00:47:28.420 --> 00:47:30.360
 I'm evaluated truly and fully

00:47:30.360 --> 00:47:33.239
 and that's the only person

00:47:33.239 --> 00:47:34.099
 that's important for me

00:47:34.099 --> 00:47:35.079
 to be evaluated by

00:47:35.079 --> 00:47:39.380
 how do I react

00:47:39.380 --> 00:47:40.759
 when I see my brother in sin

00:47:40.759 --> 00:47:42.719
 when you see someone

00:47:42.719 --> 00:47:43.619
 in blatant sin

00:47:43.619 --> 00:47:44.659
 they're cheating on their books

00:47:44.659 --> 00:47:45.699
 they're doing something unethical

00:47:45.699 --> 00:47:46.639
 they're a Christian

00:47:46.639 --> 00:47:48.000
 and you know

00:47:48.000 --> 00:47:49.079
 dude this is going to destroy

00:47:49.079 --> 00:47:49.659
 your company

00:47:49.659 --> 00:47:50.360
 it's going to destroy

00:47:50.360 --> 00:47:51.460
 what people think of you

00:47:51.460 --> 00:47:52.019
 it's going to destroy

00:47:52.019 --> 00:47:52.579
 your reputation

00:47:52.579 --> 00:47:53.599
 what do you do

00:47:53.599 --> 00:47:54.360
 do you just look at them

00:47:54.360 --> 00:47:55.400
 and kind of wink

00:47:55.400 --> 00:47:56.840
 and walk away

00:47:56.840 --> 00:47:57.480
 because you're afraid

00:47:57.480 --> 00:47:58.659
 one day it might happen to you

00:47:58.659 --> 00:48:02.159
 or do you come alongside them

00:48:02.159 --> 00:48:03.460
 and say dude this is not good

00:48:03.460 --> 00:48:05.699
 and not only are you hurting

00:48:05.699 --> 00:48:07.119
 your reputation

00:48:07.119 --> 00:48:08.199
 and your company's reputation

00:48:08.199 --> 00:48:08.659
 but you're hurting

00:48:08.659 --> 00:48:09.699
 Jesus' reputation

00:48:09.699 --> 00:48:13.360
 how do you react

00:48:13.360 --> 00:48:13.819
 when people

00:48:13.819 --> 00:48:15.840
 are in sin around you

00:48:15.840 --> 00:48:19.059
 my experience is

00:48:19.059 --> 00:48:19.619
 most of the time

00:48:19.619 --> 00:48:20.039
 in the church

00:48:20.039 --> 00:48:20.819
 we ignore it

00:48:20.820 --> 00:48:23.120
 and we just think

00:48:23.120 --> 00:48:23.820
 it will go away

00:48:23.820 --> 00:48:26.460
 how do I react

00:48:26.460 --> 00:48:27.180
 when a needy person

00:48:27.180 --> 00:48:27.780
 is coming walking

00:48:27.780 --> 00:48:28.260
 towards me

00:48:28.260 --> 00:48:30.640
 you're walking down

00:48:30.640 --> 00:48:30.900
 the street

00:48:30.900 --> 00:48:31.360
 and this guy

00:48:31.360 --> 00:48:31.680
 you know

00:48:31.680 --> 00:48:32.340
 he's emotional

00:48:32.340 --> 00:48:33.280
 he has a lot of baggage

00:48:33.280 --> 00:48:33.920
 he's just going to talk

00:48:33.920 --> 00:48:34.840
 for 25-30 minutes

00:48:34.840 --> 00:48:35.380
 about himself

00:48:35.380 --> 00:48:36.780
 and your first response

00:48:36.780 --> 00:48:37.740
 is just to run away

00:48:37.740 --> 00:48:39.580
 how do you react

00:48:39.580 --> 00:48:42.400
 how do you react

00:48:42.400 --> 00:48:43.080
 when you get that phone call

00:48:43.080 --> 00:48:43.340
 and you know

00:48:43.340 --> 00:48:44.000
 someone needs money

00:48:44.000 --> 00:48:44.740
 and you know

00:48:44.740 --> 00:48:45.480
 exactly that's what

00:48:45.480 --> 00:48:46.240
 they're going to ask you for

00:48:46.240 --> 00:48:47.260
 and they're a brother in Christ

00:48:47.260 --> 00:48:49.880
 what do you do

00:48:49.880 --> 00:48:53.940
 Paul says to the church

00:48:53.940 --> 00:48:54.380
 of Galatians

00:48:54.380 --> 00:48:55.220
 that as we walk

00:48:55.220 --> 00:48:55.640
 with him

00:48:55.640 --> 00:48:56.880
 we change

00:48:56.880 --> 00:48:57.360
 and we look at

00:48:57.360 --> 00:48:58.300
 all these relationships

00:48:58.300 --> 00:48:58.860
 differently

00:48:58.860 --> 00:49:01.960
 love

00:49:01.960 --> 00:49:02.540
 joy

00:49:02.540 --> 00:49:03.180
 peace

00:49:03.180 --> 00:49:03.760
 patience

00:49:03.760 --> 00:49:04.320
 kindness

00:49:04.320 --> 00:49:06.280
 maybe we should ask

00:49:06.280 --> 00:49:06.640
 the question

00:49:06.640 --> 00:49:07.980
 when was the last time

00:49:07.980 --> 00:49:08.820
 I gave away money

00:49:08.820 --> 00:49:09.620
 that I was going to use

00:49:09.620 --> 00:49:10.620
 to buy something cool

00:49:10.620 --> 00:49:11.240
 or a trip

00:49:11.240 --> 00:49:12.340
 when was the last time

00:49:12.340 --> 00:49:12.920
 I gave it away

00:49:12.920 --> 00:49:13.560
 to the church

00:49:13.560 --> 00:49:14.640
 or a worthy cause

00:49:14.640 --> 00:49:15.780
 or a needy person

00:49:15.780 --> 00:49:21.220
 because Paul says

00:49:21.220 --> 00:49:21.900
 into the church

00:49:21.900 --> 00:49:22.860
 that if we're walking

00:49:22.860 --> 00:49:23.220
 with him

00:49:23.220 --> 00:49:23.660
 and the fruit

00:49:23.660 --> 00:49:24.440
 is being manifested

00:49:24.440 --> 00:49:25.000
 in our life

00:49:25.000 --> 00:49:26.300
 we're going to be free

00:49:26.300 --> 00:49:26.860
 and generous

00:49:26.860 --> 00:49:27.400
 with our money

00:49:27.400 --> 00:49:28.120
 and we're going to

00:49:28.120 --> 00:49:29.019
 give those things away

00:49:29.019 --> 00:49:29.420
 and we're going to

00:49:29.420 --> 00:49:30.280
 help people in need

00:49:30.280 --> 00:49:30.960
 and we're going to

00:49:30.960 --> 00:49:31.820
 even sacrifice

00:49:31.820 --> 00:49:33.760
 and the scary thing

00:49:33.760 --> 00:49:34.500
 about serving

00:49:34.500 --> 00:49:35.460
 and coming underneath

00:49:35.460 --> 00:49:35.840
 people

00:49:35.840 --> 00:49:37.120
 that's humiliating

00:49:37.120 --> 00:49:37.660
 sometimes

00:49:37.660 --> 00:49:40.240
 and it's scary

00:49:40.240 --> 00:49:42.460
 and it's unknown

00:49:42.460 --> 00:49:44.620
 and Paul says

00:49:44.620 --> 00:49:45.100
 well how are you

00:49:45.100 --> 00:49:45.580
 going to do that

00:49:45.579 --> 00:49:45.900
 and what are you

00:49:45.900 --> 00:49:46.099
 going to do

00:49:46.099 --> 00:49:46.539
 with your money

00:49:46.539 --> 00:49:51.319
 what kind of seeds

00:49:51.319 --> 00:49:52.019
 are we planting

00:49:52.019 --> 00:49:53.519
 in our life

00:49:53.519 --> 00:49:53.980
 right now

00:49:53.980 --> 00:49:59.400
 as I pray

00:49:59.400 --> 00:50:00.059
 through this sermon

00:50:00.059 --> 00:50:01.900
 I realize

00:50:01.900 --> 00:50:02.480
 there's two different

00:50:02.480 --> 00:50:02.980
 types of people

00:50:02.980 --> 00:50:03.440
 in this church

00:50:03.440 --> 00:50:03.840
 right now

00:50:03.840 --> 00:50:05.819
 there's some people

00:50:05.819 --> 00:50:06.739
 who are on this journey

00:50:06.739 --> 00:50:07.279
 and they're just

00:50:07.279 --> 00:50:08.420
 kind of asking questions

00:50:08.420 --> 00:50:09.559
 they're not followers

00:50:09.559 --> 00:50:10.319
 of Christ yet

00:50:10.319 --> 00:50:11.460
 somebody's brought you here

00:50:11.460 --> 00:50:12.420
 maybe your wife

00:50:12.420 --> 00:50:13.299
 has dragged you here

00:50:13.299 --> 00:50:14.420
 or your kids

00:50:14.420 --> 00:50:15.199
 have dragged you here

00:50:15.199 --> 00:50:16.639
 and my prayer

00:50:16.639 --> 00:50:17.500
 for you guys

00:50:17.500 --> 00:50:18.399
 is that you would

00:50:18.399 --> 00:50:19.119
 realize that

00:50:19.119 --> 00:50:20.599
 there's a God

00:50:20.599 --> 00:50:21.519
 who is crazy

00:50:21.519 --> 00:50:22.179
 about you

00:50:22.179 --> 00:50:25.019
 he sacrificed

00:50:25.019 --> 00:50:25.739
 everything

00:50:25.739 --> 00:50:26.699
 to bring you

00:50:26.699 --> 00:50:27.319
 into the family

00:50:27.319 --> 00:50:30.279
 that he's the only way

00:50:30.279 --> 00:50:30.759
 that you're going to

00:50:30.759 --> 00:50:31.799
 find self worth

00:50:31.799 --> 00:50:32.500
 and satisfaction

00:50:32.500 --> 00:50:33.460
 in your life

00:50:33.460 --> 00:50:34.779
 and you're going to

00:50:34.779 --> 00:50:35.579
 try and your money

00:50:35.579 --> 00:50:36.439
 and your finances

00:50:36.439 --> 00:50:37.099
 and your titles

00:50:37.099 --> 00:50:37.819
 and your family

00:50:37.819 --> 00:50:38.899
 and all those things

00:50:38.899 --> 00:50:39.519
 you're going to look for

00:50:39.519 --> 00:50:40.739
 but the scripture says

00:50:40.739 --> 00:50:41.779
 that all those things

00:50:41.779 --> 00:50:42.759
 will eventually fail you

00:50:42.759 --> 00:50:45.179
 and my prayer for you

00:50:45.179 --> 00:50:45.679
 is that you would

00:50:45.679 --> 00:50:46.319
 realize that

00:50:46.319 --> 00:50:46.639
 that you would

00:50:46.639 --> 00:50:47.279
 come to Christ

00:50:47.279 --> 00:50:47.639
 that you would

00:50:47.639 --> 00:50:50.219
 come ask us questions

00:50:50.219 --> 00:50:51.299
 ask the people

00:50:51.299 --> 00:50:52.219
 who brought you questions

00:50:52.219 --> 00:50:53.579
 engage in those things

00:50:53.579 --> 00:50:54.579
 and realize that

00:50:54.579 --> 00:50:55.459
 the only relationship

00:50:55.459 --> 00:50:57.219
 worthy of anything

00:50:57.219 --> 00:50:58.939
 is a relationship

00:50:58.939 --> 00:50:59.579
 with God

00:50:59.579 --> 00:51:03.399
 but he's the only one

00:51:03.399 --> 00:51:04.000
 you can be truly

00:51:04.000 --> 00:51:04.739
 measured by

00:51:04.739 --> 00:51:07.599
 and if you measure

00:51:07.599 --> 00:51:08.319
 yourself by anything

00:51:08.319 --> 00:51:08.919
 else you're going to

00:51:08.919 --> 00:51:09.239
 fail

00:51:09.239 --> 00:51:10.259
 and it's going to

00:51:10.259 --> 00:51:10.859
 disappoint you

00:51:10.859 --> 00:51:11.559
 and it cannot

00:51:11.559 --> 00:51:12.500
 sustain the weight

00:51:12.500 --> 00:51:13.239
 of your soul

00:51:13.239 --> 00:51:16.619
 it cannot sustain

00:51:16.619 --> 00:51:17.119
 the weight

00:51:17.119 --> 00:51:17.699
 of your soul

00:51:17.699 --> 00:51:20.239
 and I realize

00:51:20.239 --> 00:51:20.679
 that there's some

00:51:20.679 --> 00:51:21.159
 of us in here

00:51:21.159 --> 00:51:22.079
 we're Christ followers

00:51:22.079 --> 00:51:22.579
 and we're walking

00:51:22.579 --> 00:51:23.019
 with God

00:51:23.019 --> 00:51:24.059
 and for me

00:51:24.059 --> 00:51:24.959
 I just want us

00:51:24.959 --> 00:51:25.379
 to realize

00:51:25.379 --> 00:51:26.000
 as we leave here

00:51:26.000 --> 00:51:26.639
 that the gospel

00:51:26.639 --> 00:51:27.799
 is as deep as it gets

00:51:27.799 --> 00:51:30.000
 it's not learning

00:51:30.000 --> 00:51:30.859
 Greek or Hebrew

00:51:30.859 --> 00:51:31.699
 or how to construct

00:51:31.699 --> 00:51:32.299
 all these things

00:51:32.299 --> 00:51:33.119
 but it's taking

00:51:33.119 --> 00:51:34.139
 that gospel message

00:51:34.139 --> 00:51:35.719
 putting it into my life

00:51:35.719 --> 00:51:36.559
 and allowing it

00:51:36.559 --> 00:51:37.199
 to live through me

00:51:37.199 --> 00:51:38.019
 every day

00:51:38.019 --> 00:51:39.359
 that when I go

00:51:39.359 --> 00:51:40.279
 into hard situations

00:51:40.279 --> 00:51:41.159
 I go patience

00:51:41.159 --> 00:51:42.519
 Lord Jesus

00:51:42.519 --> 00:51:43.159
 I need you

00:51:43.159 --> 00:51:45.779
 when I walk around

00:51:45.779 --> 00:51:46.179
 people that are

00:51:46.179 --> 00:51:46.659
 unloving

00:51:46.659 --> 00:51:47.279
 or unlovable

00:51:47.279 --> 00:51:48.139
 or hard to love

00:51:48.139 --> 00:51:49.239
 I go Lord Jesus

00:51:49.239 --> 00:51:50.000
 I need you

00:51:50.000 --> 00:51:51.980
 help me love this person

00:51:51.980 --> 00:51:55.079
 when I'm seeing

00:51:55.079 --> 00:51:55.980
 a need financially

00:51:55.980 --> 00:51:56.519
 but I'm looking

00:51:56.519 --> 00:51:57.259
 at my pocket

00:51:57.259 --> 00:51:57.679
 and say well

00:51:57.679 --> 00:51:58.980
 if I really do this

00:51:58.980 --> 00:51:59.980
 it might put me tight

00:51:59.980 --> 00:52:00.599
 I might not be able

00:52:00.599 --> 00:52:01.539
 to go buy that Rolex

00:52:01.539 --> 00:52:02.179
 I want to buy

00:52:02.179 --> 00:52:03.279
 I just don't know

00:52:03.279 --> 00:52:03.940
 if I should do that

00:52:03.940 --> 00:52:04.700
 Lord Jesus

00:52:04.700 --> 00:52:06.139
 this is your money

00:52:06.139 --> 00:52:08.820
 what do you want me

00:52:08.820 --> 00:52:09.460
 to do with it

00:52:09.460 --> 00:52:14.220
 my prayer

00:52:14.220 --> 00:52:15.320
 as a church

00:52:15.320 --> 00:52:16.280
 as we go on this journey

00:52:16.280 --> 00:52:17.119
 is that we would

00:52:17.119 --> 00:52:18.019
 take the gospel

00:52:18.019 --> 00:52:18.820
 and we would

00:52:18.820 --> 00:52:19.700
 push it

00:52:19.700 --> 00:52:21.519
 deep into the foundation

00:52:21.519 --> 00:52:22.179
 of our life

00:52:22.179 --> 00:52:22.720
 and on the road

00:52:22.720 --> 00:52:23.500
 that we walk on

00:52:23.500 --> 00:52:24.619
 and every day

00:52:24.619 --> 00:52:25.200
 we walk

00:52:25.200 --> 00:52:26.220
 we gospelize

00:52:26.220 --> 00:52:26.780
 each other

00:52:26.780 --> 00:52:27.760
 and talk about

00:52:27.760 --> 00:52:28.880
 how amazing God is

00:52:28.880 --> 00:52:29.780
 and how great he is

00:52:29.780 --> 00:52:30.420
 and the minute

00:52:30.420 --> 00:52:31.039
 we see somebody

00:52:31.039 --> 00:52:31.980
 de-gospelize

00:52:31.980 --> 00:52:32.579
 as a de-couple

00:52:32.579 --> 00:52:33.300
 we say

00:52:33.300 --> 00:52:34.059
 hey remember

00:52:34.059 --> 00:52:34.480
 what Christ

00:52:34.480 --> 00:52:35.099
 has done for you

00:52:35.099 --> 00:52:37.260
 he loves you

00:52:37.260 --> 00:52:39.960
 don't evaluate yourself

00:52:39.960 --> 00:52:40.639
 over your job

00:52:40.639 --> 00:52:41.240
 or your title

00:52:41.240 --> 00:52:43.099
 or even how your marriage

00:52:43.099 --> 00:52:43.599
 or your kids

00:52:43.599 --> 00:52:43.960
 are doing

00:52:43.960 --> 00:52:47.400
 because the only person

00:52:47.400 --> 00:52:48.079
 that really matters

00:52:48.079 --> 00:52:49.000
 is Jesus

00:52:49.000 --> 00:52:51.059
 and he loves you

00:52:51.059 --> 00:52:53.940
 and he's given

00:52:53.940 --> 00:52:54.699
 everything for you

00:52:54.699 --> 00:52:56.599
 he's taken you

00:52:56.599 --> 00:52:57.059
 out of the water

00:52:57.059 --> 00:52:58.860
 pushed you in a boat

00:52:58.860 --> 00:53:00.620
 and he died

00:53:00.620 --> 00:53:01.539
 doing it

00:53:01.539 --> 00:53:05.220
 and that's how

00:53:05.220 --> 00:53:06.240
 Paul ends Galatians

00:53:06.240 --> 00:53:08.900
 as we're on a journey

00:53:08.900 --> 00:53:09.760
 we walk

00:53:09.760 --> 00:53:11.099
 and it's not just

00:53:11.099 --> 00:53:11.940
 this thing we write down

00:53:11.940 --> 00:53:13.039
 love, joy, peace

00:53:13.039 --> 00:53:14.700
 but it's something

00:53:14.700 --> 00:53:15.420
 that's lived out

00:53:15.420 --> 00:53:16.640
 every moment

00:53:16.640 --> 00:53:18.320
 of our life

00:53:18.320 --> 00:53:20.920
 and we change

00:53:20.920 --> 00:53:22.880
 we do that

00:53:22.880 --> 00:53:23.440
 in community

00:53:23.440 --> 00:53:25.320
 Father we thank you

00:53:25.320 --> 00:53:25.920
 for this day

00:53:25.920 --> 00:53:26.400
 we thank you

00:53:26.400 --> 00:53:27.059
 for your goodness

00:53:27.059 --> 00:53:28.659
 I just thank you

00:53:28.659 --> 00:53:29.099
 for my brothers

00:53:29.099 --> 00:53:29.920
 and sisters here

00:53:29.920 --> 00:53:31.159
 I thank you

00:53:31.159 --> 00:53:31.739
 for the power

00:53:31.739 --> 00:53:32.299
 of your spirit

00:53:32.299 --> 00:53:33.179
 that changes us

00:53:33.179 --> 00:53:33.539
 I thank you

00:53:33.539 --> 00:53:34.460
 that we don't fear

00:53:34.460 --> 00:53:35.920
 in the spiritual battle

00:53:35.920 --> 00:53:37.019
 that we don't need

00:53:37.019 --> 00:53:37.659
 to worry about

00:53:37.659 --> 00:53:38.320
 what's going to happen

00:53:38.320 --> 00:53:38.719
 next

00:53:38.719 --> 00:53:39.739
 because we know

00:53:39.739 --> 00:53:40.480
 that you hold

00:53:40.480 --> 00:53:41.259
 all those things

00:53:41.259 --> 00:53:42.079
 you hold next

00:53:42.079 --> 00:53:42.779
 in your hand

00:53:42.779 --> 00:53:44.799
 and so we can trust you

00:53:44.799 --> 00:53:47.659
 and so we come before you

00:53:47.659 --> 00:53:49.000
 as a church in Galatia did

00:53:49.000 --> 00:53:50.179
 and we confess

00:53:50.179 --> 00:53:51.360
 that we try to add

00:53:51.360 --> 00:53:52.699
 things to your son

00:53:52.699 --> 00:53:55.340
 we try to add

00:53:55.340 --> 00:53:56.140
 businesses

00:53:56.140 --> 00:53:57.340
 in power

00:53:57.340 --> 00:53:58.740
 in titles

00:53:58.740 --> 00:54:00.800
 in acceptance

00:54:00.800 --> 00:54:02.039
 in articles

00:54:02.039 --> 00:54:03.640
 in whatever

00:54:03.640 --> 00:54:05.920
 and Father

00:54:05.920 --> 00:54:06.500
 we just confess

00:54:06.500 --> 00:54:07.380
 and we repent

00:54:07.380 --> 00:54:09.360
 and we realize

00:54:09.360 --> 00:54:10.240
 that we've de-gospeled

00:54:10.240 --> 00:54:10.840
 ourself

00:54:10.840 --> 00:54:11.480
 and we've lost

00:54:11.480 --> 00:54:11.920
 the power

00:54:11.920 --> 00:54:12.440
 of your spirit

00:54:12.440 --> 00:54:13.180
 living through us

00:54:13.180 --> 00:54:14.000
 and changing us

00:54:14.000 --> 00:54:16.240
 so Lord

00:54:16.240 --> 00:54:17.079
 we just come to you

00:54:17.079 --> 00:54:17.640
 as a church

00:54:17.640 --> 00:54:18.180
 and we just pray

00:54:18.180 --> 00:54:18.640
 that your spirit

00:54:18.640 --> 00:54:19.280
 would fall heavily

00:54:19.280 --> 00:54:20.019
 upon us

00:54:20.019 --> 00:54:22.660
 that you would change us

00:54:22.660 --> 00:54:23.200
 that we would see

00:54:23.200 --> 00:54:23.880
 things differently

00:54:23.880 --> 00:54:25.059
 we would not see things

00:54:25.059 --> 00:54:25.820
 the same way we did

00:54:25.820 --> 00:54:26.720
 when we came in here

00:54:26.720 --> 00:54:28.960
 but we'd see your love

00:54:28.960 --> 00:54:29.619
 and your power

00:54:29.619 --> 00:54:30.720
 and your desire for us

00:54:30.720 --> 00:54:31.720
 in so many greater

00:54:31.720 --> 00:54:32.599
 and different ways

00:54:32.599 --> 00:54:35.059
 Father I pray

00:54:35.059 --> 00:54:35.539
 that we would see

00:54:35.539 --> 00:54:36.860
 the person right next to us

00:54:36.860 --> 00:54:38.280
 as a person on that same journey

00:54:38.280 --> 00:54:40.400
 who needs to be gospelized

00:54:40.400 --> 00:54:41.640
 every moment of the day

00:54:41.640 --> 00:54:42.320
 that we can

00:54:42.320 --> 00:54:44.559
 to encourage them

00:54:44.559 --> 00:54:45.480
 and to point them

00:54:45.480 --> 00:54:46.079
 to your son

00:54:46.079 --> 00:54:46.920
 who's done so much

00:54:46.920 --> 00:54:47.680
 to bring us here

00:54:47.679 --> 00:54:50.119
 so Lord

00:54:50.119 --> 00:54:50.519
 we just

00:54:50.519 --> 00:54:54.419
 we just give you all

00:54:54.419 --> 00:54:58.000
 we ask you to come in

00:54:58.000 --> 00:54:58.960
 and fill those spaces

00:54:58.960 --> 00:55:00.319
 that we've torn out

00:55:00.319 --> 00:55:02.039
 and passed to you

00:55:02.039 --> 00:55:04.619
 and to change us

00:55:04.619 --> 00:55:07.199
 we love you

00:55:07.199 --> 00:55:08.559
 and we need you

00:55:08.559 --> 00:55:10.099
 we pray these things

00:55:10.099 --> 00:55:10.419
 in your son

00:55:10.419 --> 00:55:11.139
 Jesus name

00:55:11.139 --> 00:55:12.399
 amen

00:55:12.399 --> 00:55:13.679
 amen

00:55:13.679 --> 00:55:15.099
 can you be seated

00:55:15.099 --> 00:55:15.839
 just for one minute

00:55:15.840 --> 00:55:19.740
 one of the amazing things

00:55:19.740 --> 00:55:20.720
 about being in Hong Kong

00:55:20.720 --> 00:55:21.620
 is you get to meet

00:55:21.620 --> 00:55:22.640
 people from everywhere

00:55:22.640 --> 00:55:23.620
 which is incredible

00:55:23.620 --> 00:55:24.100
 they come in

00:55:24.100 --> 00:55:25.000
 from different countries

00:55:25.000 --> 00:55:26.460
 and cultures

00:55:26.460 --> 00:55:27.660
 and even Australia

00:55:27.660 --> 00:55:29.640
 and it's fun

00:55:29.640 --> 00:55:30.880
 to meet people like that

00:55:30.880 --> 00:55:34.019
 and yeah I hear you

00:55:34.019 --> 00:55:35.500
 and so

00:55:35.500 --> 00:55:36.320
 but then the sad thing

00:55:36.320 --> 00:55:36.780
 about it is

00:55:36.780 --> 00:55:37.720
 people leave right

00:55:37.720 --> 00:55:38.680
 so people head out

00:55:38.680 --> 00:55:39.480
 and so

00:55:39.480 --> 00:55:41.500
 I'm going to embarrass somebody

00:55:41.500 --> 00:55:42.340
 but I just think

00:55:42.340 --> 00:55:43.300
 they're the bomb

00:55:43.300 --> 00:55:44.860
 and so I want to ask

00:55:44.860 --> 00:55:45.760
 Carolyn So

00:55:45.760 --> 00:55:46.460
 if you come up here

00:55:46.460 --> 00:55:47.059
 for a second

00:55:47.059 --> 00:55:47.980
 Carolyn

00:55:47.980 --> 00:55:49.360
 you don't know

00:55:49.360 --> 00:55:50.440
 if you don't know her

00:55:50.440 --> 00:55:51.980
 Carolyn I've known

00:55:51.980 --> 00:55:53.519
 since we've been here

00:55:53.519 --> 00:55:55.660
 and Carolyn has been

00:55:55.660 --> 00:55:57.200
 a community group leader

00:55:57.200 --> 00:55:58.079
 a care group leader

00:55:58.079 --> 00:55:58.700
 at Island

00:55:58.700 --> 00:56:01.220
 and at Watermark

00:56:01.220 --> 00:56:02.720
 forever

00:56:02.720 --> 00:56:04.800
 and I mean

00:56:04.800 --> 00:56:05.519
 it seems like

00:56:05.519 --> 00:56:06.380
 and I remember

00:56:06.380 --> 00:56:07.300
 she's one of the first

00:56:07.300 --> 00:56:08.400
 persons I met

00:56:08.400 --> 00:56:08.940
 we talked about

00:56:08.940 --> 00:56:09.599
 community groups

00:56:09.599 --> 00:56:10.280
 and care groups

00:56:10.280 --> 00:56:11.820
 and just her passion

00:56:11.820 --> 00:56:12.920
 for discipling people

00:56:12.920 --> 00:56:14.000
 and bringing God's word

00:56:14.000 --> 00:56:15.039
 and it's funny

00:56:15.039 --> 00:56:16.119
 because she's

00:56:16.119 --> 00:56:17.079
 she's stubborn

00:56:17.079 --> 00:56:18.280
 and she's spunky

00:56:18.280 --> 00:56:19.519
 and we get in these discussions

00:56:19.519 --> 00:56:20.699
 and she's like

00:56:20.699 --> 00:56:21.599
 well I don't want to do that

00:56:21.599 --> 00:56:22.300
 but if you're going to do it

00:56:22.300 --> 00:56:22.820
 tell me to do it

00:56:22.820 --> 00:56:23.300
 I'll do it

00:56:23.300 --> 00:56:23.940
 I'm like

00:56:23.940 --> 00:56:25.659
 okay you need to do it

00:56:25.659 --> 00:56:28.559
 which I love about her

00:56:28.559 --> 00:56:29.500
 but she's

00:56:29.500 --> 00:56:30.800
 she's without

00:56:30.800 --> 00:56:32.099
 exception

00:56:32.099 --> 00:56:33.940
 never complained

00:56:33.940 --> 00:56:34.960
 there were times

00:56:34.960 --> 00:56:35.639
 we got together

00:56:35.639 --> 00:56:36.679
 and she would pray

00:56:36.679 --> 00:56:37.179
 and she goes

00:56:37.179 --> 00:56:38.460
 God where are the men

00:56:38.460 --> 00:56:39.039
 in my group

00:56:39.039 --> 00:56:40.159
 because there's just no men

00:56:40.159 --> 00:56:41.079
 who are stepping up

00:56:41.079 --> 00:56:42.420
 to lead my group

00:56:42.420 --> 00:56:43.860
 and years

00:56:43.860 --> 00:56:45.619
 we prayed for male leadership

00:56:45.619 --> 00:56:47.340
 to come alongside of her

00:56:47.340 --> 00:56:48.880
 and she just stayed in there

00:56:48.880 --> 00:56:50.019
 faithfully serving

00:56:50.019 --> 00:56:51.000
 and I just thought

00:56:51.000 --> 00:56:52.340
 she's the bomb

00:56:52.340 --> 00:56:53.019
 and so

00:56:53.019 --> 00:56:54.799
 this is her last Sunday

00:56:54.799 --> 00:56:55.299
 right

00:56:55.299 --> 00:56:57.420
 and so she's moving to Shanghai

00:56:57.420 --> 00:56:58.719
 to work

00:56:58.719 --> 00:57:00.199
 and I just wanted

00:57:00.199 --> 00:57:02.000
 this is what community

00:57:02.000 --> 00:57:02.759
 is all about

00:57:02.759 --> 00:57:03.139
 and so

00:57:03.139 --> 00:57:04.460
 I feel like in some ways

00:57:04.460 --> 00:57:05.420
 we're commissioning her

00:57:05.420 --> 00:57:06.639
 to go up there

00:57:06.639 --> 00:57:07.960
 and be stubborn

00:57:07.960 --> 00:57:09.559
 and lead small groups

00:57:09.559 --> 00:57:12.000
 wherever God has put her

00:57:12.000 --> 00:57:13.659
 and share the gospel

00:57:13.659 --> 00:57:14.199
 with people

00:57:14.199 --> 00:57:15.740
 and the neat thing

00:57:15.740 --> 00:57:17.199
 is that as she leaves

00:57:17.199 --> 00:57:18.099
 God has raised up

00:57:18.099 --> 00:57:19.159
 three guys

00:57:19.159 --> 00:57:20.720
 to lead her group

00:57:20.720 --> 00:57:21.599
 and so

00:57:21.599 --> 00:57:22.079
 which I thought

00:57:22.079 --> 00:57:22.860
 was amazing

00:57:22.860 --> 00:57:23.240
 so

00:57:23.240 --> 00:57:25.159
 it's a huge answer prayer

00:57:25.159 --> 00:57:25.420
 right

00:57:25.420 --> 00:57:25.900
 I feel like

00:57:25.900 --> 00:57:26.199
 I was like

00:57:26.199 --> 00:57:26.579
 dude

00:57:26.579 --> 00:57:27.059
 it's like

00:57:27.059 --> 00:57:27.960
 so

00:57:27.960 --> 00:57:28.760
 and so your group

00:57:28.760 --> 00:57:29.539
 is being left

00:57:29.539 --> 00:57:30.260
 in capable hands

00:57:30.260 --> 00:57:31.059
 probably not as capable

00:57:31.059 --> 00:57:31.579
 as yours

00:57:31.579 --> 00:57:31.840
 but

00:57:31.840 --> 00:57:35.159
 so I'm gonna

00:57:35.159 --> 00:57:36.340
 I'm just gonna pray

00:57:36.340 --> 00:57:36.900
 for you

00:57:36.900 --> 00:57:37.840
 and

00:57:37.840 --> 00:57:38.480
 when do you

00:57:38.480 --> 00:57:39.400
 actually fly out

00:57:39.400 --> 00:57:40.480
 next Saturday

00:57:40.480 --> 00:57:41.240
 next Saturday

00:57:41.240 --> 00:57:41.559
 okay

00:57:41.559 --> 00:57:42.280
 and so

00:57:42.280 --> 00:57:42.820
 are you gonna still

00:57:42.820 --> 00:57:43.660
 work with Disney up there

00:57:43.660 --> 00:57:44.380
 okay

00:57:44.380 --> 00:57:45.820
 spreading the magic

00:57:45.820 --> 00:57:47.019
 with Uncle Walt

00:57:47.019 --> 00:57:48.920
 and all the actors

00:57:48.920 --> 00:57:49.720
 everybody's an actor

00:57:49.720 --> 00:57:49.920
 right

00:57:49.920 --> 00:57:50.720
 everybody's a cast

00:57:50.720 --> 00:57:51.480
 and so

00:57:51.480 --> 00:57:52.660
 let's pray for

00:57:52.660 --> 00:57:53.140
 Father

00:57:53.140 --> 00:57:53.559
 I just thank you

00:57:53.559 --> 00:57:54.600
 for my dear sister Carolyn

00:57:54.600 --> 00:57:55.559
 I just pray for her

00:57:55.559 --> 00:57:56.480
 I pray for her heart

00:57:56.480 --> 00:57:58.160
 I pray for community

00:57:58.160 --> 00:58:00.240
 I pray just for her faithfulness

00:58:00.240 --> 00:58:00.760
 I thank you

00:58:00.760 --> 00:58:01.400
 and we rejoice

00:58:01.400 --> 00:58:01.800
 in just

00:58:01.800 --> 00:58:03.019
 how amazingly

00:58:03.019 --> 00:58:04.320
 you've made her

00:58:04.320 --> 00:58:05.360
 and brought her together

00:58:05.360 --> 00:58:06.820
 and just her passion

00:58:06.820 --> 00:58:07.780
 to glorify you

00:58:07.780 --> 00:58:08.980
 and so we pray

00:58:08.980 --> 00:58:09.980
 Lord as she goes

00:58:09.980 --> 00:58:10.860
 that you would be with her

00:58:10.860 --> 00:58:12.000
 that you'd go before her

00:58:12.000 --> 00:58:13.940
 that you'd bring brothers

00:58:13.940 --> 00:58:14.940
 and sisters around her

00:58:14.940 --> 00:58:15.900
 to encourage her

00:58:15.900 --> 00:58:17.820
 and to gospelize her

00:58:17.820 --> 00:58:18.500
 every day

00:58:18.500 --> 00:58:19.840
 with just

00:58:19.840 --> 00:58:20.960
 the amazing message

00:58:20.960 --> 00:58:21.620
 of your son

00:58:21.620 --> 00:58:23.039
 and so we love her

00:58:23.039 --> 00:58:23.780
 and

00:58:23.780 --> 00:58:24.920
 what a blessing

00:58:24.920 --> 00:58:25.760
 she is to us

00:58:25.760 --> 00:58:26.280
 and we pray

00:58:26.280 --> 00:58:27.039
 that she would be

00:58:27.039 --> 00:58:28.480
 a massive blessing

00:58:28.480 --> 00:58:29.539
 to the next people

00:58:29.539 --> 00:58:30.380
 in that church

00:58:30.380 --> 00:58:32.079
 and so we send her out

00:58:32.079 --> 00:58:32.820
 in your power

00:58:32.820 --> 00:58:33.460
 and your spirit

00:58:33.460 --> 00:58:34.140
 and we love you

00:58:34.140 --> 00:58:34.500
 Amen

00:58:34.500 --> 00:58:35.639
 Thank you

00:58:35.639 --> 00:58:36.280
 Thank you

00:58:36.280 --> 00:58:42.920
 Okay

00:58:42.920 --> 00:58:45.440
 Did I mention this?

00:58:45.480 --> 00:58:46.019
 I didn't mention this

00:58:46.019 --> 00:58:46.820
 Next week

00:58:46.820 --> 00:58:48.219
 we're not here

00:58:48.219 --> 00:58:49.500
 If you come here

00:58:49.500 --> 00:58:50.760
 there'll be a bunch of lawyers here

00:58:50.760 --> 00:58:51.480
 and you'll be bored

00:58:51.480 --> 00:58:52.380
 Okay

00:58:52.380 --> 00:58:53.119
 So

00:58:53.119 --> 00:58:54.559
 you don't want to be here

00:58:54.559 --> 00:58:55.139
 Next week

00:58:55.139 --> 00:58:56.119
 we're at ISF

00:58:56.119 --> 00:58:58.360
 We're there for the next two Sundays

00:58:58.360 --> 00:58:59.619
 So

00:58:59.619 --> 00:59:00.860
 Cyberport has kicked us out

00:59:00.860 --> 00:59:01.579
 So there's

00:59:01.579 --> 00:59:02.960
 directions in your bulletin

00:59:02.960 --> 00:59:04.220
 It's only like two minute walk

00:59:04.220 --> 00:59:04.699
 from here

00:59:04.699 --> 00:59:06.440
 So don't come here

00:59:06.440 --> 00:59:07.519
 If you know someone

00:59:07.519 --> 00:59:08.500
 who's in the church

00:59:08.500 --> 00:59:09.420
 but they're not here today

00:59:09.420 --> 00:59:10.699
 remind them

00:59:10.699 --> 00:59:11.659
 We'll be at ISF

00:59:11.659 --> 00:59:12.659
 for the next two Sundays

00:59:12.659 --> 00:59:15.380
 We need you to be there

00:59:15.380 --> 00:59:15.840
 and

00:59:15.840 --> 00:59:17.139
 to be a part of that

00:59:17.139 --> 00:59:17.840
 Also

00:59:17.840 --> 00:59:19.059
 we're not passing around

00:59:19.059 --> 00:59:19.679
 offerings

00:59:19.679 --> 00:59:21.419
 So as you respond

00:59:21.419 --> 00:59:22.159
 to what God's done

00:59:22.159 --> 00:59:22.799
 in your life

00:59:22.799 --> 00:59:23.859
 take one of these

00:59:23.859 --> 00:59:25.519
 blue purple envelopes

00:59:25.519 --> 00:59:26.419
 and just

00:59:26.419 --> 00:59:27.579
 it's God's money

00:59:27.579 --> 00:59:28.379
 Give back to Him

00:59:28.379 --> 00:59:29.259
 and what you give

00:59:29.259 --> 00:59:30.739
 we'll use to reach people

00:59:30.739 --> 00:59:33.219
 and to reach people

00:59:33.219 --> 00:59:36.019
 Also

00:59:36.019 --> 00:59:37.459
 my wife's going to come up

00:59:37.459 --> 00:59:38.439
 One of the dreams

00:59:38.439 --> 00:59:39.239
 we had at the church

00:59:39.239 --> 00:59:40.059
 is when we came in

00:59:40.059 --> 00:59:40.599
 that we were praying

00:59:40.599 --> 00:59:41.719
 that people would come in

00:59:41.719 --> 00:59:42.419
 as consultants

00:59:42.419 --> 00:59:44.379
 and help us in the journey

00:59:44.379 --> 00:59:45.299
 and

00:59:45.299 --> 00:59:46.419
 because we need a lot of help

00:59:46.419 --> 00:59:47.519
 and so Mark

00:59:47.519 --> 00:59:48.559
 and Carrie Tedder

00:59:48.559 --> 00:59:49.799
 have been

00:59:49.799 --> 00:59:51.399
 consultants with us

00:59:51.399 --> 00:59:52.039
 and equipping

00:59:52.039 --> 00:59:52.919
 and we spent yesterday

00:59:52.919 --> 00:59:53.759
 on a junk trip

00:59:53.759 --> 00:59:54.719
 not that you can see

00:59:54.719 --> 00:59:56.319
 my face burned

00:59:56.319 --> 00:59:57.119
 and all that stuff

00:59:57.119 --> 00:59:58.059
 and

00:59:58.059 --> 01:00:00.099
 so this is their last Sunday

01:00:00.099 --> 01:00:01.319
 so there's

01:00:01.319 --> 01:00:02.039
 some of their CDs

01:00:02.039 --> 01:00:03.139
 are still available out there

01:00:03.139 --> 01:00:03.739
 on the table

01:00:03.739 --> 01:00:04.559
 you can grab one up

01:00:04.559 --> 01:00:05.400
 we have this one

01:00:05.400 --> 01:00:06.659
 actually they made it in Beijing

01:00:06.659 --> 01:00:08.579
 the door project

01:00:08.579 --> 01:00:10.699
 and so we just want to

01:00:10.699 --> 01:00:11.679
 honor them

01:00:11.679 --> 01:00:12.380
 and thank them

01:00:12.380 --> 01:00:13.440
 for being a part of

01:00:13.440 --> 01:00:14.980
 what they've been

01:00:14.980 --> 01:00:15.719
 in our church

01:00:15.719 --> 01:00:17.079
 and so can you come over here

01:00:17.079 --> 01:00:17.360
 Carrie

01:00:17.360 --> 01:00:23.659
 I've known Mark

01:00:23.659 --> 01:00:24.360
 and Carrie

01:00:24.360 --> 01:00:25.079
 for a long time

01:00:25.079 --> 01:00:25.779
 we met in Beijing

01:00:25.779 --> 01:00:26.739
 at BICF

01:00:26.739 --> 01:00:28.039
 and so they tried

01:00:28.039 --> 01:00:28.679
 to recruit me

01:00:28.679 --> 01:00:29.340
 to be the pastor

01:00:29.340 --> 01:00:29.820
 in Beijing

01:00:29.820 --> 01:00:31.500
 and we tried to recruit them

01:00:31.500 --> 01:00:32.539
 to come down here

01:00:32.539 --> 01:00:33.840
 and be worship leaders

01:00:33.840 --> 01:00:34.599
 so we won

01:00:34.599 --> 01:00:35.239
 kind of

01:00:35.239 --> 01:00:35.519
 right

01:00:35.519 --> 01:00:37.960
 and so

01:00:37.960 --> 01:00:39.000
 we just wanted to give you

01:00:39.000 --> 01:00:39.860
 this is a statue

01:00:39.860 --> 01:00:41.260
 that means a lot to me

01:00:41.260 --> 01:00:42.099
 and it's

01:00:42.099 --> 01:00:43.719
 it's a statue

01:00:43.719 --> 01:00:44.619
 of Christ

01:00:44.619 --> 01:00:46.599
 washing Peter's feet

01:00:46.599 --> 01:00:47.539
 and it's just

01:00:47.539 --> 01:00:48.320
 of being servants

01:00:48.320 --> 01:00:48.940
 and you guys

01:00:48.940 --> 01:00:49.940
 are amazing servants

01:00:49.940 --> 01:00:51.119
 and I'm just

01:00:51.119 --> 01:00:52.579
 always humbled by

01:00:52.579 --> 01:00:53.920
 just

01:00:53.920 --> 01:00:54.659
 it's been so good

01:00:54.659 --> 01:00:55.360
 to have you here

01:00:55.360 --> 01:00:56.239
 and so

01:00:56.239 --> 01:00:56.739
 we just

01:00:56.739 --> 01:00:58.420
 yeah we love you guys

01:00:58.420 --> 01:00:59.119
 and want to give you that

01:00:59.119 --> 01:01:00.320
 and thank you for loving us

01:01:00.320 --> 01:01:01.220
 and pouring into our

01:01:01.220 --> 01:01:01.940
 worship team

01:01:01.940 --> 01:01:02.940
 yeah

01:01:02.940 --> 01:01:03.660
 yeah

01:01:03.660 --> 01:01:05.980
 yeah

01:01:05.980 --> 01:01:06.640
 thank you

01:01:06.640 --> 01:01:07.500
 thank you

01:01:07.500 --> 01:01:13.360
 okay

01:01:13.360 --> 01:01:13.860
 and then

01:01:13.860 --> 01:01:14.280
 so

01:01:14.280 --> 01:01:15.519
 with that

01:01:15.519 --> 01:01:16.620
 let me pray for us

01:01:16.620 --> 01:01:17.000
 and

01:01:17.000 --> 01:01:18.720
 we'll see you next week

01:01:18.720 --> 01:01:19.460
 at ISF

01:01:19.460 --> 01:01:20.260
 and I hope that you're

01:01:20.260 --> 01:01:20.900
 encouraged

01:01:20.900 --> 01:01:22.300
 by how amazing

01:01:22.300 --> 01:01:23.600
 God is

01:01:23.600 --> 01:01:28.340
 don't get de-gospelized

01:01:28.340 --> 01:01:29.100
 this week

01:01:29.100 --> 01:01:31.420
 and make sure you

01:01:31.420 --> 01:01:32.300
 gospelize people

01:01:32.300 --> 01:01:32.960
 around you

01:01:32.960 --> 01:01:34.600
 with God's love

01:01:34.600 --> 01:01:35.500
 and his passion

01:01:35.500 --> 01:01:36.160
 for you

01:01:36.160 --> 01:01:37.860
 Father we just

01:01:37.860 --> 01:01:38.680
 thank you for this day

01:01:38.680 --> 01:01:39.380
 we thank you for your

01:01:39.380 --> 01:01:40.320
 goodness in our life

01:01:40.320 --> 01:01:40.880
 and your mercy

01:01:40.880 --> 01:01:42.000
 we thank you for friends

01:01:42.000 --> 01:01:42.640
 like Carolyn

01:01:42.640 --> 01:01:44.420
 I'm sure there's many

01:01:44.420 --> 01:01:45.200
 others who are leaving

01:01:45.200 --> 01:01:46.300
 who've been a huge part

01:01:46.300 --> 01:01:46.820
 of this church

01:01:46.820 --> 01:01:47.380
 we pray that you

01:01:47.380 --> 01:01:48.039
 would be with them

01:01:48.039 --> 01:01:49.480
 they are missionaries

01:01:49.480 --> 01:01:50.180
 we send out

01:01:50.180 --> 01:01:50.840
 we pray for

01:01:50.840 --> 01:01:52.400
 Mark and Carrie

01:01:52.400 --> 01:01:53.440
 as they go to Beijing

01:01:53.440 --> 01:01:54.100
 from here

01:01:54.100 --> 01:01:54.780
 to help them

01:01:54.780 --> 01:01:55.740
 with the worship there

01:01:55.739 --> 01:01:57.159
 we pray that you

01:01:57.159 --> 01:01:58.119
 would go before them

01:01:58.119 --> 01:01:59.199
 in the midst of all this

01:01:59.199 --> 01:01:59.819
 Lord we're just

01:01:59.819 --> 01:02:00.659
 ever mindful

01:02:00.659 --> 01:02:01.579
 of our frailty

01:02:01.579 --> 01:02:03.359
 in the battle

01:02:03.359 --> 01:02:04.159
 around us

01:02:04.159 --> 01:02:07.059
 and we're so thankful

01:02:07.059 --> 01:02:07.619
 that you brought

01:02:07.619 --> 01:02:08.399
 brothers and sisters

01:02:08.399 --> 01:02:09.219
 to be with us

01:02:09.219 --> 01:02:09.799
 on this journey

01:02:09.799 --> 01:02:11.899
 that they come alongside

01:02:11.899 --> 01:02:12.939
 they lift us up

01:02:12.939 --> 01:02:13.959
 they carry our burdens

01:02:13.959 --> 01:02:15.279
 they point out sin

01:02:15.279 --> 01:02:17.000
 they encourage us

01:02:17.000 --> 01:02:17.939
 they spur us on

01:02:17.939 --> 01:02:18.819
 to walk with you

01:02:18.819 --> 01:02:20.219
 I just think

01:02:20.219 --> 01:02:20.979
 people look at

01:02:20.979 --> 01:02:21.599
 the church

01:02:21.599 --> 01:02:22.759
 and they're weirded out

01:02:22.759 --> 01:02:24.859
 by how amazingly

01:02:24.860 --> 01:02:26.440
 you bring us together

01:02:26.440 --> 01:02:27.340
 through the power

01:02:27.340 --> 01:02:27.940
 of your son

01:02:27.940 --> 01:02:30.019
 and so we embrace

01:02:30.019 --> 01:02:30.420
 that

01:02:30.420 --> 01:02:31.660
 we pray that

01:02:31.660 --> 01:02:32.320
 we pray that

01:02:32.320 --> 01:02:33.460
 you would be honored

01:02:33.460 --> 01:02:34.120
 and glorified

01:02:34.120 --> 01:02:34.760
 through that

01:02:34.760 --> 01:02:36.480
 and we love you

01:02:36.480 --> 01:02:38.539
 we love you

01:02:38.539 --> 01:02:39.720
 we pray these things

01:02:39.720 --> 01:02:40.039
 for your son

01:02:40.039 --> 01:02:40.599
 in Jesus' name

01:02:40.599 --> 01:02:41.559
 amen

01:02:41.559 --> 01:02:43.500
 see you next week