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 Today, one of the prayers for our church was that I wouldn't be the only one preaching

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 because we want to multiply ourselves as we continue to grow.

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 We want to plant churches.

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 And so we continue to pray that God would bring men and women who had teaching gifts

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 and be able to come up and to share God's Word.

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 And so today you're going to hear from Chris Thornton.

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 Chris has been with Watermark for about a year and a half.

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 He's been volunteering.

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 He's going to have a very funny accent, so he'll try to talk slowly so you can understand him.

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 He's British, and he's going to continue our guerrilla sermon.

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 Chris came on staff about two months ago to help us with our small groups.

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 So if you want to get into a small group or you have questions about small groups,

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 he's the one who does the training and organizing and helps us on this journey.

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 Watermark kids are dismissed.

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 You're to go out back to the service elevators.

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 Parents, we will bring your kids back up to you when the service is over

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 so you don't have to worry about them.

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 Today we continue the guerrilla letter series as Chris Thornton takes a look at happiness.

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 Here are a few letters we receive from you, our church community.

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 Dear Pastor, I became a Christian because I was told by my friends that God wanted me to be happy

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 and that after I invited Christ in my life, all would be okay.

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 Hey Pastor, okay.

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 I'm here only because of my spouse and then only by an agreement ever so often.

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 Dear guerrilla, I find it hard sometimes to be happy in all my circumstances.

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 My friends tell me I am to be joyful as a Christian, but not always happy.

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 Pastor Tobin, I study many hours a week because my parents tell me that will make my life comfortable

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 and happy in the long run.

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 I wonder if that's really true.

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 I looked at my friends' lives and that seemed to be true.

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 So I became a Christian.

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 But happy has not happened as I was promised.

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 And it seems like my life is worse than before.

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 I grew up around people who would say they were Christians most of my life.

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 And it seemed like, when it was all stripped away, their health or their wealth or their reputation

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 or something made their lives not work the way they wanted it to,

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 that they would quickly jettison their faith and act like the rest of us.

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 Kill or be killed.

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 Joy in being happy.

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 As I look at the Bible, they seem to be used in the same way.

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 Am I correct?

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 When I looked at my parents' lives, it seems like they promised me something

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 that they actually do not have or live out in their lives or in our home.

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 This week I found out that I'm being released from my job after the holidays are over.

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 Do other religions have more to offer me?

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 Just checking.

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 The Christian happy face to me seems to be fake.

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 Or at best, happiness is a matter of your circumstances.

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 How do you respond to this?

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 I guess I'm just curious on what the difference is between joy and being happy.

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 And how do I stay focused on heaven when it does not seem like things are working out for me here and now?

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 Help.

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 How do I really get happy?

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 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in the synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom,

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 and healing every disease and sickness among the people.

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 News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases,

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 those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed.

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 And he healed them.

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 Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and the regions across the Jordan followed him.

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 Now, when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up to the mountainside and he sat down.

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 His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them.

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 He said,

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 Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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 Blessed are the people of heaven.

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 Children of God.

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 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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 Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.

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 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven.

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 For in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

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 Good morning.

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 My name is Chris.

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 I hope you can cope with a British accent this morning.

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 Love it.

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 Tobin can translate into Texan for you if you're struggling.

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 We're continuing a series, a guerrilla series, and today we're going to be looking at happiness.

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 How happy are you?

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 One to ten, where are you?

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 In Hong Kong, the Hong Kong happiness index indicates that people in Hong Kong are getting less and less happy.

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 On average, the Hong Kong person thinks that they need about 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars, or about $125,000 a month to be happy.

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 Surprisingly, women feel they need more than men.

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 I'm not sure why.

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 In the world happiness rankings, Hong Kong comes in at 103 between Sudan and Belarus.

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 Go figure.

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 Everybody is looking for happiness.

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 Some people are looking for happiness in the partner of their dreams.

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 Some people are looking for happiness in just a moment's peace and quiet.

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 Some people are looking for happiness in a pat on the back from their boss.

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 Some recognition for their achievements.

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 But the happiness we're talking about here is a feeling that is dependent on your circumstances.

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 It's a feeling dependent on your circumstances.

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 I feel happy when the sun comes out.

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 Coming from the UK, that means I've been miserable for most of my life.

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 I feel happy when England are winning a football match.

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 That kind of happiness lasts about 10 minutes.

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 Particularly when we're playing Germany.

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 Now, you may feel happy when you get the keys to your new apartment.

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 You may feel happy when you get that job you've always been looking for.

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 But when the honeymoon period is over, what next?

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 Where are you next going to go to find your happiness?

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 Because this kind of happiness is as slippery as the soap in the bath.

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 The moment you think you've got hold of it, it just slips out of your grasp.

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 And you're constantly chasing it in an endless pursuit.

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 It's not that it's wrong to feel happy, but it's not ultimate.

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 When the Bible talks about happiness, it's talking about a different kind of happiness.

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 It's talking about a happiness that is not dependent on your circumstances.

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 It's talking about a deep, rich, satisfying joy and contentment, no matter what the situation you are facing.

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 C.S. Lewis, who wrote the Narnia Chronicles, he said this.

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 Indeed, if we consider the amazing promises of reward and the staggering nature of the rewards promised in the Gospels,

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 it would seem that our Lord finds our desires for happiness not too strong, but too weak.

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 We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us.

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 Like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because we cannot imagine what is meant by an offer of a holiday at the sea.

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 We are far too easily pleased.

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 What Hong Kong needs is Christians who are not just chasing after dependent, circumstances-dependent happiness,

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 but who are chasing after an ultimate joy that is found as we are satisfied in God.

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 So as we come to the passage today, I want to give you a brief bit of background,

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 and then I've got four points that I'm going to go through quickly.

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 The context is, in this passage in Matthew, the people of Israel have suffered for centuries under the oppression of foreign rulers.

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 Every day they walk out, they see soldiers which remind them that they are not free.

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 But this people is a people who have also had promises from God,

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 promises that one day he will send a king who will bring in a kingdom which will be a kingdom of abundance,

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 where they are oppressed, they will be free, where they were lacking, they will be satisfied,

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 they will be blessed beyond their wildest dreams.

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 Everyone's looking for this king to come.

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 And Matthew, in the first four chapters of his book, is whispering to his readers,

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 the king is here, Jesus is here.

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 So in 4 verse 16 he says,

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 On those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.

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 So people hear about this king.

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 Jesus goes around and he's healing people.

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 People are being restored.

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 And everyone's thinking,

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 Wow, this may be the king.

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 This may be the kingdom coming.

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 So I want to get a part of it.

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 I want to get some of the blessings of this kingdom.

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 So they all go, and people are being healed.

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 People are being delivered.

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 And it seems great.

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 Everyone seems to be after these blessings.

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 But if you look in 5 verse 1,

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 there's a different group.

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 It's not just the crowd who are coming for these blessings.

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 There's another group, which are the disciples.

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 Because Jesus leaves the crowd,

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 and the disciples come to him.

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 Because the disciples are not just there to get the blessings.

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 They are intrinsically attracted to Jesus himself.

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 And this is my first point.

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 The first point is,

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 if you want that true, lasting, deep happiness,

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 it's found in relationship with God.

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 You see, the crowds,

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 they want to get some temporary blessings.

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 But when they've got it,

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 then they just go away.

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 And they're not interested in Jesus.

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 But the disciples are the ones that Jesus said to them,

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 You are blessed.

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 Blessed.

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 Now, what does this word blessed mean?

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 The word in Greek is makarios.

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 It literally means happy or fortunate.

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 Now, it's not saying,

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 it's not a feeling of happiness.

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 This is a state of happiness.

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 A bit like if I say to you,

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 you're so fortunate to have a boss like you've got.

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 You're so fortunate to live in Bel Air.

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 You're so fortunate that you have just amazing children.

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 It's a favoured position that you are in.

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 And in the Old Testament,

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 when God always says you are blessed,

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 it always comes out of relationship with God.

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 So, for example, Psalm 144, 15 says,

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 Blessed are those whose God is the Lord.

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 The source of all that joy,

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 all that happiness,

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 is that relationship that you have with God.

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 Now, we need to be careful,

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 because sometimes we think,

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 okay, I come to Jesus,

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 and then he's going to give me all the blessings that I get.

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 He's going to give me the health.

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 He's going to get my kids into the school I want.

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 He's going to give me the job I want.

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 But in Hong Kong,

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 there is a kind of young lady

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 who is called a gong-ju-bang.

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 Now, those of you who are from Hong Kong

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 know what a gong-ju-bang is.

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 Literally, it means princess syndrome or princess sickness.

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 These are the kind of ladies

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 who, when they're deciding who they're going to,

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 what man they're going to date,

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 reckon him up based on what his wallet is worth.

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 So they reckon,

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 okay, can he give me the LV bag?

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 Can he give me the diamond necklace?

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 Maybe the next iPad mini.

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 And if he seems to fit the bill,

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 then they'll go with him.

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 But if for some reason,

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 he stops giving them what they want,

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 then they'll go and find somebody else

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 who can buy them a more expensive bag

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 or something else which seems to satisfy them.

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 It's the same as some of the students I used to teach.

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 When I'd ask them,

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 what's your ambition in life?

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 They'd say to me,

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 to marry a billionaire.

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 Now, I don't think they were thinking at that point,

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 I want to develop a loving relationship

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 with this billionaire.

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 And even if he loses all his money,

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 I'm going to loyally stay devoted to him.

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 No, they're thinking,

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 I want his cash.

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 I want the yacht.

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 I want the holiday in the Maldives.

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 I want the Ferrari.

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 They want his stuff.

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 They don't want the relationship.

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 They want the stuff.

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 And the problem is,

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 once they've got the stuff,

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 they still don't have the relationship

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 because they're still left empty

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 and longing for more.

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 But if you're all about the relationship,

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 well, he has the stuff anyway.

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 And if he doesn't have it,

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 he's still content with the relationship.

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 And I think many of us as Christians

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 live as Christian Gongju Bang.

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 Many of us go to God,

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 as long as he gives me what I want,

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 then I'll stick with him.

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 But the moment it seems like

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 things are not going quite the way I wanted,

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 the moment I lose my job,

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 the moment my health fails,

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 we start to question,

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 actually,

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 maybe there's a better option somewhere else.

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 Because it's all about the stuff.

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 It's not about the relationship.

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 So I want to unpack this

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 just in three further points.

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 We're going to look at

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 how desperation for God

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 leads to happiness,

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 how mourning leads to happiness,

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 and how longing to be like Jesus

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 leads to happiness.

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 So if you look in verse 3,

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 it says here,

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 Blessed are the poor in spirit,

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 for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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 Another translation says,

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 Blessed are those who know their need for God.

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 Now, our society tells us

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 if you want to be happy,

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 you've got to be more assertive.

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 You've got to make more effort.

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 You've got to try your best.

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 You've got to believe in yourself.

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 You can do it.

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 As long as you work hard enough.

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 As long as you think enough

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 positive thoughts about yourself.

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 But that's not what the Bible says

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 if you want to get deep happiness

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 which is not dependent on your circumstances.

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 If you want to be happy,

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 you need to become a beggar.

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 You need to become desperate

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 knowing that you have nothing

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 and that God is the only hope

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 and source that you can run to.

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 In Psalm 34 it says,

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 This poor man cried to the Lord

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 and he heard him

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 and he saved him out of all his troubles.

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 This poor man,

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 he is desperate for God.

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 And until you realize

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 that the happiness that you need in life

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 depends totally on God,

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 you're always going to be chasing

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 after something else.

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 How does this work out?

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 I think this works out sometimes

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 in prayer.

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 When do you pray?

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 What do you pray for?

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 And how often do you pray?

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 Because prayer expresses dependence on God.

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 A gong jubeng prays in two situations.

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 A gong jubeng prays when things are going wrong.

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 So they want God to fix the situation.

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 And when he answers them,

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 just like the people of Israel,

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 then they kind of say thanks

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 and then they leave him behind.

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 Because I'm competent

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 in the rest of the areas of my life.

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 I can deal with those.

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 God's a bit like a tablet.

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 You know, you've got a headache.

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 You take the tablet.

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 It fixes the situation.

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 You put it back on the shelf

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 until you get the next problem.

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 That's the first situation.

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 I think gong jubeng also pray

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 just when they want something.

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 When they want something

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 to make their life more comfortable.

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 So that may be for their friends,

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 their family.

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 It may be good health.

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 It may be to pass their exams.

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 I don't know.

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 Before a job interview,

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 suddenly my prayer life gets amazing.

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 Now, it's not that it's wrong

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 to pray for those things.

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 In fact, Jesus says,

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 when you pray, say,

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 give us our day a daily bread.

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 It's okay to pray for those things.

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 But the thing is,

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 when the gong jubeng doesn't get those things,

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 when the job doesn't come,

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 when the kids don't get in the school you want,

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 they start to doubt that God is good.

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 They start to get angry with God.

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 And they think,

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 okay, forget about it.

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 You didn't seem to work.

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 And then they move on

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 to throwing themselves into something else.

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 But the poor man,

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 who knows that,

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 actually,

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 he doesn't just need the stuff from God.

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 He needs God himself.

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 So when he prays,

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 yes, he will pray for things.

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 But even if those things don't materialize,

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 he still prays for the relationship.

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 I wonder how often do you pray,

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 how often in your community groups do you pray,

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 for God himself,

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 and not just for stuff from God.

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 That's the second thing.

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 Third thing.

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 If you want to be happy,

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 it starts with mourning.

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 Now this seems very strange,

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 because literally,

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 it's happy are the unhappy,

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 which seems very strange.

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 But the kind of mourning we're talking about here

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 is not mourning over a dead relative,

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 or you've lost a loved one.

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 This is mourning over the depth of your sin.

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 To know true happiness,

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 you've got to realize

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 that while all true happiness

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 comes out of relationship with God,

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 you have rejected that relationship with God,

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 and have cut yourself off

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 from the source of all that blessing,

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 that fountain of joy.

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 And that we live in a culture

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 which kind of minimizes sin.

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 Sin is basically saying,

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 I want to do what I want to do,

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 and God, I'm not going to listen to you.

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 And I think we often think about sin like this.

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 I think we often think of a sin like speeding.

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 You know, you're doing 80 kilometers an hour

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 in a 50 limit,

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 the police catch you,

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 and maybe you feel sorry at that moment.

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 You feel sorry for two reasons.

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 You feel sorry,

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 one, that the police caught you.

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 And maybe you feel sorry,

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 two, that you broke a rule.

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 That maybe as a Christian,

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 you know you shouldn't break the law.

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 But I doubt as the police catch you,

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 you're saying,

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 I'm sorry,

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 I have sinned against Leung Cheng Ying

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 and the government.

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 I'm no longer worthy

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 to be called a citizen of Hong Kong.

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 I doubt you're staying awake at night

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 thinking how you've offended

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 the transport minister.

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 Are you?

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 You're thinking,

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 I got caught.

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 Oh, I shouldn't have done that.

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 Bit naughty.

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 But actually,

00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:03.259
 when the Bible talks about sin,

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 it says sin is personal.

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 Sin is a personal attack on God.

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 In Psalm 51,

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 when David commits adultery with Bathsheba,

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 he says afterwards,

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 against you, God,

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 alone have I sinned.

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 Because sin is just like saying,

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 God, get out of my life right now.

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 It's like slamming the door in his face.

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 It's like kicking him out of the door

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 and saying,

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 at this particular moment,

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 I don't want you anywhere near me.

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 That's what sin is.

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 Sin is personal.

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 And I know in my own life,

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 I've seen this,

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 where at one stage,

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 I was very selfish towards my parents.

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 And it got to,

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 I was so bad that my parents

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 were so stressed out

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 that my mom's head started

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 to kind of involuntarily shake

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 and she started going grey.

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 And I was like,

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 I didn't know why this was happening,

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 so I asked my dad,

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 why is this happening?

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 And he said to me,

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 it's because of you.

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 Because suddenly I realised

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 it was personal.

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 And it just broke me inside.

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 I wept.

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 I mourned over my sin

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 because I realised it was personal.

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 And I think many of us,

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 we make excuses.

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 I make so many excuses.

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 Like for example,

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 if I've had a,

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 I've been insensitive

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 to Fiona,

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 my fiancé or something,

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 maybe afterwards

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 I might kind of apologise

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 and say,

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 I'm sorry,

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 but you know,

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 I was tired.

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 Or,

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 I'm sorry,

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 but you were mean to me.

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 I'm sorry,

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 but I had a hard day.

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 Or maybe if I don't even

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 say those things,

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 I think,

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 well you know,

00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:45.900
 you started,

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 yeah I did something wrong,

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 but look what you did.

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 That's not mourning over sin,

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 that's justifying it.

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 And the Bible says,

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 when you mourn over your sin,

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 it's the start of happiness.

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 But why is it the start of happiness?

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 Because it doesn't sound like

00:22:02.620 --> 00:22:03.340
 you're going to be happy,

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 but the rest of the verse says this,

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 blessed are those who mourn,

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 for they will be comforted.

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 And here's the thing,

00:22:12.180 --> 00:22:13.039
 when you understand

00:22:13.039 --> 00:22:14.160
 the depth of your sin,

00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:16.420
 then you'll begin to understand

00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:17.660
 the depth of God's

00:22:17.660 --> 00:22:19.460
 amazing grace towards you.

00:22:20.160 --> 00:22:21.519
 That when you begin to understand

00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:22.700
 how you have personally

00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:23.640
 offended God,

00:22:24.360 --> 00:22:25.180
 then you understand

00:22:25.180 --> 00:22:26.320
 how incredible

00:22:26.320 --> 00:22:28.779
 his death on the cross is for you.

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 That he's wiped out every sin,

00:22:31.100 --> 00:22:31.840
 that he's thrown it

00:22:31.840 --> 00:22:32.860
 into the depths of the sea,

00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:34.080
 that it's gone completely.

00:22:34.380 --> 00:22:35.880
 You no longer have to cover up,

00:22:35.940 --> 00:22:37.620
 you no longer have to justify yourself,

00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:38.500
 it's gone.

00:22:39.160 --> 00:22:39.940
 He's dealt with it,

00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:40.519
 you're free.

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 And this is such good news,

00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:43.220
 I think,

00:22:43.240 --> 00:22:43.720
 in Hong Kong,

00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:45.000
 because so many of us,

00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:46.759
 we know that there's something

00:22:46.759 --> 00:22:47.539
 wrong with us,

00:22:47.680 --> 00:22:48.759
 we know we've done things

00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:49.539
 wrong in our past,

00:22:49.639 --> 00:22:51.039
 and we just try and cover it up,

00:22:51.200 --> 00:22:52.460
 we throw ourselves into,

00:22:52.740 --> 00:22:53.920
 trying to prove ourselves,

00:22:54.160 --> 00:22:54.839
 through work,

00:22:54.940 --> 00:22:55.639
 through working hard,

00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:57.180
 through being excellent in sports,

00:22:57.279 --> 00:22:58.619
 through doing all kinds of things,

00:22:58.660 --> 00:22:59.859
 which leave us stressed,

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 because we're all the time

00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:02.519
 trying to cover up

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 that kind of,

00:23:04.000 --> 00:23:05.779
 what we know is wrong inside.

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 But this is good news,

00:23:07.359 --> 00:23:08.279
 because it says to you,

00:23:09.039 --> 00:23:10.660
 you don't have to cover up any longer,

00:23:11.619 --> 00:23:12.379
 you're free,

00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:15.599
 God's grace has completely wiped it out,

00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:16.700
 you don't have to pretend

00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:17.619
 not to be a sinner,

00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:19.339
 you come to God,

00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:20.879
 you mourn over your sin,

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 and it's completely removed.

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 That's why it's good news,

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 that's why this is the beginning

00:23:26.579 --> 00:23:27.259
 of happiness.

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 Third thing,

00:23:31.899 --> 00:23:32.460
 fourth thing,

00:23:32.960 --> 00:23:33.859
 lasting happiness

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 also starts with longing

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 to be like Jesus.

00:23:38.179 --> 00:23:40.240
 In verse 6,

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.059
 it says,

00:23:41.539 --> 00:23:42.379
 blessed are those

00:23:42.379 --> 00:23:44.439
 who hunger and thirst

00:23:44.439 --> 00:23:45.379
 for righteousness,

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 for they will be filled.

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 It's longing

00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:52.419
 and being desperate

00:23:52.419 --> 00:23:53.939
 for righteousness,

00:23:54.219 --> 00:23:55.379
 right relationship with God,

00:23:55.500 --> 00:23:56.979
 right relationship with each other.

00:23:57.919 --> 00:23:58.619
 In other words,

00:23:58.799 --> 00:23:59.439
 it's longing

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 to be like Jesus.

00:24:02.359 --> 00:24:03.539
 It's being desperate,

00:24:03.539 --> 00:24:04.059
 desperate,

00:24:04.059 --> 00:24:05.220
 desperate like people

00:24:05.220 --> 00:24:06.259
 are desperate on the MTR

00:24:06.259 --> 00:24:07.059
 to get a seat.

00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:09.220
 It's desperate

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:10.480
 that you're so thirsty

00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:12.220
 that you just want this

00:24:12.220 --> 00:24:13.319
 more than anything else.

00:24:16.180 --> 00:24:16.440
 Now,

00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:18.000
 the Gongju Bang

00:24:18.000 --> 00:24:19.420
 is desperate for something,

00:24:19.500 --> 00:24:20.619
 they're desperate for comfort.

00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:23.579
 And this kind of plays out,

00:24:23.639 --> 00:24:24.299
 this difference

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 between the Christian

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 who longs

00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:27.740
 to be like Jesus

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 and the one

00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:29.379
 who longs for comfort.

00:24:29.579 --> 00:24:30.759
 When things go wrong,

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 you know,

00:24:32.180 --> 00:24:35.039
 you know,

00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.920
 you've lost all your work.

00:24:36.579 --> 00:24:36.940
 You know,

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:38.279
 it's when your boss

00:24:38.279 --> 00:24:39.920
 is unbearably demanding.

00:24:40.559 --> 00:24:41.960
 It's when your husband

00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:43.160
 forgets your birthday

00:24:43.160 --> 00:24:44.599
 or your friend

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 talks behind your back.

00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:47.019
 The Gongju Bang

00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:48.279
 starts to complain.

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 And I've been in so many offices

00:24:51.180 --> 00:24:52.200
 and they're just filled

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:53.640
 with complaining people.

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 Because the Gongju Bang

00:24:56.620 --> 00:24:57.280
 says,

00:24:57.940 --> 00:24:58.540
 what have I done

00:24:58.540 --> 00:24:59.560
 to deserve this?

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.860
 Look at them,

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:02.800
 they're just such a...

00:25:02.800 --> 00:25:03.680
 I can't believe

00:25:03.680 --> 00:25:04.759
 they did that to me.

00:25:07.180 --> 00:25:08.340
 But the thing is,

00:25:09.100 --> 00:25:10.000
 the Christian

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.920
 who longs

00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:12.380
 to be like Jesus

00:25:12.380 --> 00:25:14.620
 responds to frustration

00:25:14.620 --> 00:25:15.380
 and difficulty

00:25:15.380 --> 00:25:17.040
 not with complaining

00:25:17.040 --> 00:25:18.120
 but with thanksgiving.

00:25:20.140 --> 00:25:22.000
 Not because they're excited

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:23.400
 about the frustration

00:25:23.400 --> 00:25:24.079
 and the suffering

00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:25.920
 but because they know

00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:27.420
 that God uses

00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:28.960
 frustrating,

00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:30.500
 difficult circumstances

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:31.220
 to make you

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:32.140
 more like himself.

00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:33.819
 They are God's

00:25:33.819 --> 00:25:34.900
 shaping tool

00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:36.160
 to change you

00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:36.960
 into the person

00:25:36.960 --> 00:25:38.220
 who he's wanting you to be.

00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:42.579
 Romans 8 verse 28 says,

00:25:42.720 --> 00:25:43.440
 God is working

00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:44.359
 all things

00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:45.259
 for your good.

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:46.980
 I think we then

00:25:46.980 --> 00:25:47.759
 stop there.

00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:48.619
 But actually,

00:25:48.680 --> 00:25:49.740
 the next part says,

00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:51.160
 to conform you,

00:25:51.160 --> 00:25:52.759
 to be like himself.

00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:54.140
 In other words,

00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:55.860
 when your wife

00:25:55.860 --> 00:25:56.660
 is nagging you,

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.360
 when your husband

00:25:57.360 --> 00:25:58.580
 is being insensitive,

00:25:59.860 --> 00:26:00.400
 God's actually

00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:00.920
 going to use

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:02.200
 even those situations

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:03.380
 to make you

00:26:03.380 --> 00:26:04.120
 like himself.

00:26:04.779 --> 00:26:05.140
 How?

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:05.660
 Well,

00:26:05.840 --> 00:26:06.500
 you don't learn

00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.360
 to be patient

00:26:07.360 --> 00:26:08.660
 if everything's

00:26:08.660 --> 00:26:09.360
 going your way.

00:26:10.080 --> 00:26:10.960
 You don't learn

00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:11.740
 to be gracious

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:13.360
 if everybody's

00:26:13.360 --> 00:26:14.080
 nice to you.

00:26:14.700 --> 00:26:15.519
 You don't learn

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.140
 to forgive

00:26:16.140 --> 00:26:17.740
 until somebody

00:26:17.740 --> 00:26:18.940
 actually hurts you.

00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:21.279
 God uses

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:22.380
 painful,

00:26:22.600 --> 00:26:23.559
 difficult situations

00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:25.059
 to transform you

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:26.019
 like himself.

00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:27.240
 And we can respond.

00:26:27.360 --> 00:26:28.019
 If your longing

00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:29.500
 is to be like Jesus,

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.980
 then you can thank God

00:26:30.980 --> 00:26:32.299
 even in the difficulty

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:34.640
 because you know

00:26:34.640 --> 00:26:35.660
 that he's making you

00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:36.539
 more like himself.

00:26:37.360 --> 00:26:37.500
 Now,

00:26:37.620 --> 00:26:38.480
 does that mean

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:39.860
 you have to go around

00:26:39.860 --> 00:26:40.420
 with this kind of

00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:41.059
 fixed grin,

00:26:41.180 --> 00:26:41.320
 you know,

00:26:41.340 --> 00:26:42.299
 that Christian grin,

00:26:42.720 --> 00:26:43.120
 you know,

00:26:43.580 --> 00:26:44.759
 when deep inside

00:26:44.759 --> 00:26:45.900
 there's all kinds

00:26:45.900 --> 00:26:46.880
 of turmoil going on

00:26:46.880 --> 00:26:47.279
 but you know

00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:48.220
 you've got to look happy.

00:26:49.039 --> 00:26:49.339
 No,

00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:50.200
 that's not what

00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:51.039
 we're talking about.

00:26:51.799 --> 00:26:52.620
 In the Bible,

00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:53.740
 there's a word for it.

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.900
 It's not complaining,

00:26:55.039 --> 00:26:55.700
 it's lament.

00:26:56.960 --> 00:26:58.200
 The Bible talks about

00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:59.880
 when you're in those

00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:00.759
 moments of just

00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.799
 real struggle

00:27:01.799 --> 00:27:02.440
 and pain

00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:02.940
 and you want to

00:27:02.940 --> 00:27:03.559
 voice out

00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:05.140
 your agony

00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:05.880
 as it were,

00:27:07.180 --> 00:27:08.100
 we can lament.

00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:08.819
 What's the difference

00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:09.880
 between lamenting

00:27:09.880 --> 00:27:10.740
 and complaining?

00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:11.100
 And remember,

00:27:11.180 --> 00:27:11.799
 there's a whole book

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.279
 in the Bible

00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:13.299
 about lamenting.

00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:14.420
 It's called Lamentations.

00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:16.000
 A third of the Psalms

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.700
 are laments.

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.380
 So,

00:27:17.620 --> 00:27:18.900
 God's into lamenting,

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:19.420
 okay?

00:27:20.259 --> 00:27:21.819
 But here's the difference

00:27:21.819 --> 00:27:22.880
 between lament

00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:23.500
 and complaint

00:27:23.500 --> 00:27:24.640
 and I can only

00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:26.480
 briefly say this.

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:27.500
 A lamenter,

00:27:27.720 --> 00:27:28.940
 when things are going wrong,

00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:29.940
 when they're in pain,

00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:31.600
 they run to God

00:27:31.600 --> 00:27:33.400
 with their struggles

00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:34.500
 and they just say,

00:27:34.539 --> 00:27:34.759
 God,

00:27:34.819 --> 00:27:35.380
 I need you.

00:27:35.519 --> 00:27:35.799
 God,

00:27:36.140 --> 00:27:36.779
 this is the way

00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.360
 things are.

00:27:39.140 --> 00:27:40.160
 A complainer

00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:41.700
 runs to everybody else

00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:42.620
 except God

00:27:42.619 --> 00:27:44.979
 with all their problems.

00:27:47.439 --> 00:27:47.879
 Maybe

00:27:47.879 --> 00:27:49.179
 they start off

00:27:49.179 --> 00:27:50.419
 complaining to God

00:27:50.419 --> 00:27:52.299
 but then,

00:27:52.439 --> 00:27:53.219
 as things don't seem

00:27:53.219 --> 00:27:53.779
 to work out

00:27:53.779 --> 00:27:54.519
 straight away for them,

00:27:54.579 --> 00:27:55.119
 then they just go

00:27:55.119 --> 00:27:56.119
 to everybody else.

00:27:57.239 --> 00:27:58.019
 A lamenter

00:27:58.019 --> 00:27:59.119
 wrestles

00:27:59.119 --> 00:28:01.599
 through the issues

00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:02.299
 to a point

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:03.099
 of trusting God

00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:03.739
 and they come back

00:28:03.739 --> 00:28:04.579
 again and again

00:28:04.579 --> 00:28:05.619
 and again to God

00:28:05.619 --> 00:28:08.899
 until they can say,

00:28:08.959 --> 00:28:09.159
 God,

00:28:09.160 --> 00:28:09.740
 I trust you.

00:28:09.800 --> 00:28:10.540
 I know you're

00:28:10.540 --> 00:28:11.440
 working in this

00:28:11.440 --> 00:28:13.160
 because for the lamenter,

00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:14.360
 it's about the relationship

00:28:14.360 --> 00:28:15.000
 with God.

00:28:16.880 --> 00:28:18.019
 A complainer

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.840
 becomes bitter

00:28:18.840 --> 00:28:20.400
 and angry at God

00:28:20.400 --> 00:28:21.500
 and they wallow

00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.680
 in their circumstances.

00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:24.759
 A complainer says,

00:28:24.840 --> 00:28:25.820
 look at all my problems.

00:28:26.320 --> 00:28:27.279
 God's not helping me

00:28:27.279 --> 00:28:28.160
 one bit here.

00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:30.180
 A lamenter says,

00:28:30.259 --> 00:28:30.460
 God,

00:28:30.500 --> 00:28:31.380
 I know you're working

00:28:31.380 --> 00:28:32.100
 in my life

00:28:32.100 --> 00:28:33.400
 but I'm overwhelmed.

00:28:33.519 --> 00:28:34.200
 I can't cope

00:28:34.200 --> 00:28:34.980
 with this situation.

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:35.880
 Please help me.

00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:38.320
 And they allow

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:39.659
 God and other people

00:28:39.659 --> 00:28:41.000
 to enter into

00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.659
 their struggles

00:28:41.659 --> 00:28:43.099
 and to bring them

00:28:43.099 --> 00:28:44.480
 to that place of joy

00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:45.379
 in God again.

00:28:46.939 --> 00:28:48.899
 There are two old people

00:28:48.899 --> 00:28:50.139
 that I used to visit.

00:28:51.059 --> 00:28:52.200
 One of them is 88.

00:28:52.859 --> 00:28:55.259
 She's had a pretty hard life.

00:28:55.379 --> 00:28:56.299
 She had to leave school

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:57.139
 when she was 14.

00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:58.460
 Her house was bombed

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:59.519
 in the Second World War.

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:01.779
 Her fiancé was shot down

00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.460
 and went missing

00:29:02.460 --> 00:29:03.379
 for two months

00:29:03.379 --> 00:29:04.000
 during the war.

00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:06.220
 She had a miscarriage.

00:29:06.519 --> 00:29:07.039
 She struggled

00:29:07.039 --> 00:29:08.440
 for year after year

00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:09.720
 with chronic pain.

00:29:10.259 --> 00:29:11.859
 Her husband has died.

00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:13.519
 Every time I go

00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:14.099
 and see her,

00:29:14.539 --> 00:29:15.240
 it's like there's

00:29:15.240 --> 00:29:15.899
 one sickness

00:29:15.899 --> 00:29:16.440
 after another,

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:17.220
 sickness after another.

00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:18.379
 It's always something different.

00:29:19.440 --> 00:29:20.420
 But when I go

00:29:20.420 --> 00:29:21.119
 and visit her,

00:29:21.420 --> 00:29:22.180
 she's really honest

00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:22.920
 about her problems.

00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:24.859
 She's really matter-of-fact

00:29:24.859 --> 00:29:25.379
 about them.

00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:26.279
 She shares them.

00:29:26.819 --> 00:29:28.200
 But it's not a pity party.

00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:30.299
 And always at the end

00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:30.700
 she says,

00:29:30.839 --> 00:29:31.480
 but you know,

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:34.019
 God has been

00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:35.259
 so faithful to me

00:29:35.259 --> 00:29:37.460
 and I want to shout it

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:38.620
 from the rooftops

00:29:38.620 --> 00:29:40.680
 about how good God is.

00:29:41.660 --> 00:29:42.460
 She exudes

00:29:42.460 --> 00:29:43.920
 this incredible joy.

00:29:45.120 --> 00:29:46.039
 And when I go away

00:29:46.039 --> 00:29:46.380
 from that,

00:29:46.460 --> 00:29:47.420
 I always go away

00:29:47.420 --> 00:29:48.160
 encouraged,

00:29:48.420 --> 00:29:48.799
 thinking,

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:49.599
 you know,

00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:50.620
 if I ever get to be

00:29:50.620 --> 00:29:51.180
 that age,

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:53.099
 I want to be like her.

00:29:53.099 --> 00:29:56.519
 And there are some kids

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:56.839
 that we,

00:29:56.919 --> 00:29:58.139
 a family we used to know

00:29:58.139 --> 00:29:59.719
 in the neighbourhood

00:29:59.719 --> 00:30:00.719
 who basically

00:30:00.719 --> 00:30:01.939
 were a very broken family.

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.740
 The husband was in

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.519
 and out of prison.

00:30:04.319 --> 00:30:05.619
 The 14-year-old boy

00:30:05.619 --> 00:30:06.619
 was in and out of prison.

00:30:07.059 --> 00:30:07.879
 All the children

00:30:07.879 --> 00:30:08.779
 were blacklisted

00:30:08.779 --> 00:30:09.579
 from the neighbourhood.

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:12.139
 But they got to know

00:30:12.139 --> 00:30:14.259
 this 88-year-old.

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:15.899
 And of their own will,

00:30:15.939 --> 00:30:16.859
 and this is unheard of

00:30:16.859 --> 00:30:17.179
 in the youth,

00:30:17.240 --> 00:30:17.480
 I mean,

00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:18.859
 10, 12-year-old boys

00:30:18.859 --> 00:30:19.679
 don't just go around

00:30:19.679 --> 00:30:21.919
 to strange 88-year-old ladies.

00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:22.939
 But they would come

00:30:22.940 --> 00:30:24.240
 off their old back

00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:25.000
 willingly

00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:27.180
 to meet with her

00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:28.299
 and just spend time with her

00:30:28.299 --> 00:30:28.980
 because they loved

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.779
 being with her.

00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:30.980
 And actually,

00:30:31.320 --> 00:30:32.600
 as they spent time with her,

00:30:32.660 --> 00:30:33.200
 it meant they weren't

00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:33.940
 causing trouble

00:30:33.940 --> 00:30:35.480
 in the rest of the neighbourhood.

00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:37.180
 You see,

00:30:37.660 --> 00:30:39.080
 all of the rest of society

00:30:39.080 --> 00:30:39.740
 would say that

00:30:39.740 --> 00:30:41.160
 she was functionally useless.

00:30:42.100 --> 00:30:43.299
 She couldn't do very much.

00:30:43.740 --> 00:30:44.340
 But actually,

00:30:44.440 --> 00:30:45.539
 her life was making

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:46.900
 a major impact

00:30:46.900 --> 00:30:48.220
 on everyone

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:49.600
 who she came across.

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:52.180
 I know somebody else

00:30:52.180 --> 00:30:52.980
 that I used to visit.

00:30:53.060 --> 00:30:53.740
 He's dead now.

00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:56.320
 And he'd had

00:30:56.320 --> 00:30:57.460
 a pretty good life.

00:30:57.539 --> 00:30:58.400
 He'd been very successful

00:30:58.400 --> 00:30:59.100
 in business.

00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:01.700
 He had a great wife

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:02.360
 and kids.

00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:03.320
 He was very talented,

00:31:03.539 --> 00:31:04.200
 very sporty.

00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:06.080
 But then,

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:07.000
 as he got older,

00:31:07.320 --> 00:31:08.200
 his wife died.

00:31:09.980 --> 00:31:11.420
 And he began to feel

00:31:11.420 --> 00:31:12.440
 the aches and pains

00:31:12.440 --> 00:31:13.440
 of old age.

00:31:14.060 --> 00:31:14.700
 He couldn't do

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:15.980
 what he used to be able to do.

00:31:15.980 --> 00:31:17.819
 And he became bitter

00:31:17.819 --> 00:31:18.819
 and hardened.

00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:21.460
 When I went to go

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:22.160
 to visit him,

00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:23.140
 he would just spend

00:31:23.140 --> 00:31:24.259
 hours complaining.

00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:26.400
 And I'd come away

00:31:26.400 --> 00:31:26.779
 from there

00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.799
 just feeling discouraged

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.620
 and drained

00:31:28.620 --> 00:31:28.940
 and just,

00:31:29.660 --> 00:31:30.680
 I'd say to my friend,

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:30.860
 oh,

00:31:30.900 --> 00:31:32.039
 we just need to pray for him.

00:31:33.539 --> 00:31:34.299
 Because you see,

00:31:34.380 --> 00:31:34.860
 for him,

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:37.319
 he would say,

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:39.180
 I've got nothing

00:31:39.180 --> 00:31:40.519
 worth living for.

00:31:41.059 --> 00:31:42.039
 I just want to die.

00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:43.920
 Because for him,

00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:44.519
 life had been

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:45.619
 all about the stuff.

00:31:46.500 --> 00:31:47.420
 And when the stuff

00:31:47.420 --> 00:31:48.440
 was taken away,

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.940
 he had nothing left.

00:31:51.379 --> 00:31:52.619
 But the other lady,

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.700
 her life had been

00:31:53.700 --> 00:31:54.940
 all about the relationship.

00:31:56.339 --> 00:31:57.559
 And when everything else

00:31:57.559 --> 00:31:58.359
 was stripped away,

00:31:58.460 --> 00:31:59.399
 she still had

00:31:59.399 --> 00:32:00.799
 the fountain of joy

00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:02.940
 which kept her through

00:32:02.940 --> 00:32:04.559
 the difficult times

00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:05.680
 and the good times.

00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:11.399
 And the thing is,

00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:13.060
 this joy is not just,

00:32:13.360 --> 00:32:14.000
 I think sometimes

00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:15.540
 we talk about happiness

00:32:15.540 --> 00:32:16.240
 and basically,

00:32:16.360 --> 00:32:16.840
 we just want to be

00:32:16.840 --> 00:32:17.500
 happy for me.

00:32:18.620 --> 00:32:19.600
 I want my life

00:32:19.600 --> 00:32:20.240
 to be happy.

00:32:21.060 --> 00:32:21.440
 But actually,

00:32:21.600 --> 00:32:22.800
 if you looked in

00:32:22.800 --> 00:32:23.640
 verse 14

00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:25.080
 in the bulletin,

00:32:25.100 --> 00:32:25.580
 it's not there,

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:27.360
 but you can look later.

00:32:27.960 --> 00:32:29.100
 Jesus goes on

00:32:29.100 --> 00:32:30.240
 in this sermon

00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:31.000
 on the mount

00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:31.580
 and he says,

00:32:31.700 --> 00:32:32.519
 you are the light

00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:33.519
 of the world

00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:35.240
 to the Christians there.

00:32:36.580 --> 00:32:38.280
 And it's very interesting

00:32:38.280 --> 00:32:38.759
 because

00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:40.900
 how are they going

00:32:40.900 --> 00:32:41.360
 to be a light?

00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:43.340
 This lady was a light

00:32:43.340 --> 00:32:44.800
 to the people around her.

00:32:44.840 --> 00:32:45.019
 How?

00:32:45.120 --> 00:32:45.900
 Because she'd found

00:32:45.900 --> 00:32:46.600
 her joy

00:32:46.600 --> 00:32:47.980
 in God.

00:32:48.860 --> 00:32:49.860
 And when you came

00:32:49.860 --> 00:32:50.620
 across her,

00:32:51.360 --> 00:32:52.860
 you just noticed

00:32:52.860 --> 00:32:53.519
 something different

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:54.060
 about her.

00:32:54.360 --> 00:32:55.280
 Wouldn't it be amazing

00:32:55.280 --> 00:32:56.180
 in Hong Kong

00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:57.259
 if there were

00:32:57.259 --> 00:32:58.060
 a group of people

00:32:58.060 --> 00:32:58.780
 in Hong Kong

00:32:58.780 --> 00:32:59.320
 where everyone

00:32:59.320 --> 00:33:00.060
 is looking for

00:33:00.060 --> 00:33:00.680
 this happiness,

00:33:02.120 --> 00:33:02.660
 where everyone,

00:33:03.040 --> 00:33:04.000
 people are complaining

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:04.940
 about all the kind

00:33:04.940 --> 00:33:05.460
 of things that are

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:05.820
 going on,

00:33:05.840 --> 00:33:06.320
 and they find

00:33:06.320 --> 00:33:06.900
 a people

00:33:06.900 --> 00:33:09.280
 who are satisfied

00:33:09.280 --> 00:33:10.320
 not because

00:33:10.320 --> 00:33:11.019
 the situations

00:33:11.019 --> 00:33:11.660
 are great,

00:33:12.420 --> 00:33:13.600
 but they're satisfied

00:33:13.600 --> 00:33:14.400
 because they know

00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:15.220
 God is great.

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:17.500
 How would that

00:33:17.500 --> 00:33:18.900
 impact your offices

00:33:18.900 --> 00:33:21.140
 if when everybody

00:33:21.140 --> 00:33:22.080
 else is complaining

00:33:22.080 --> 00:33:22.720
 they see that

00:33:22.720 --> 00:33:23.340
 you are not

00:33:23.340 --> 00:33:24.300
 the same,

00:33:24.380 --> 00:33:24.660
 that there's

00:33:24.660 --> 00:33:25.259
 something different

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:25.900
 about you?

00:33:26.860 --> 00:33:27.820
 This is one of God's

00:33:27.820 --> 00:33:28.860
 mission strategies

00:33:28.860 --> 00:33:30.040
 for reaching the world,

00:33:30.240 --> 00:33:31.660
 that we are satisfied

00:33:31.660 --> 00:33:32.500
 in God.

00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:33.360
 That's when God

00:33:33.360 --> 00:33:34.360
 gets glorified.

00:33:34.359 --> 00:33:37.240
 But maybe you're

00:33:37.240 --> 00:33:37.699
 thinking,

00:33:38.139 --> 00:33:39.959
 that sounds great,

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:40.339
 Chris,

00:33:40.539 --> 00:33:40.859
 you know,

00:33:41.039 --> 00:33:42.199
 lovely in theory,

00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:43.299
 but in practice

00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:44.339
 life's just not

00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:44.879
 like that.

00:33:46.500 --> 00:33:47.339
 That's just not

00:33:47.339 --> 00:33:47.779
 practical.

00:33:49.059 --> 00:33:49.979
 I would suggest

00:33:49.979 --> 00:33:50.939
 to you that you

00:33:50.939 --> 00:33:51.839
 are probably

00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:52.479
 already a

00:33:52.479 --> 00:33:53.159
 Gong Jubeing

00:33:53.159 --> 00:33:55.539
 because you've

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:55.899
 forgotten

00:33:55.899 --> 00:33:57.500
 what was the first

00:33:57.500 --> 00:33:58.240
 thing we mentioned.

00:33:58.359 --> 00:33:59.299
 The first way

00:33:59.299 --> 00:34:00.240
 to blessing

00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:00.759
 is that,

00:34:01.159 --> 00:34:01.719
 first of all,

00:34:01.759 --> 00:34:02.539
 you're in relationship

00:34:02.539 --> 00:34:03.240
 but you've got to

00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:04.339
 realize your need.

00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:05.099
 of God.

00:34:06.059 --> 00:34:06.399
 You see,

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:07.619
 when Jesus goes

00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:08.699
 through these

00:34:08.699 --> 00:34:09.079
 what are called

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:09.900
 beatitudes,

00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:11.639
 he's saying

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:12.279
 this is the

00:34:12.279 --> 00:34:13.519
 normal Christian

00:34:13.519 --> 00:34:14.019
 life.

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:15.019
 This is the

00:34:15.019 --> 00:34:16.000
 normal Christian

00:34:16.000 --> 00:34:16.279
 life.

00:34:16.539 --> 00:34:17.179
 Anything less

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:17.699
 than this

00:34:17.699 --> 00:34:18.940
 is subnormal

00:34:18.940 --> 00:34:19.679
 Christianity.

00:34:21.799 --> 00:34:22.659
 Now when I

00:34:22.659 --> 00:34:23.139
 look at my

00:34:23.139 --> 00:34:23.819
 own life,

00:34:24.279 --> 00:34:25.099
 I see this

00:34:25.099 --> 00:34:26.019
 massive gap

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:27.359
 between that

00:34:27.359 --> 00:34:28.000
 and the way

00:34:28.000 --> 00:34:28.559
 I live.

00:34:29.759 --> 00:34:30.440
 Now if I

00:34:30.440 --> 00:34:30.920
 just go,

00:34:31.279 --> 00:34:31.519
 okay,

00:34:31.619 --> 00:34:32.199
 I can't do

00:34:32.199 --> 00:34:32.519
 that,

00:34:32.519 --> 00:34:34.599
 that's me

00:34:34.599 --> 00:34:34.960
 saying it

00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:35.780
 all depends

00:34:35.780 --> 00:34:36.219
 on me

00:34:36.219 --> 00:34:36.759
 and obviously

00:34:36.759 --> 00:34:37.300
 I can't

00:34:37.300 --> 00:34:37.739
 do that.

00:34:38.960 --> 00:34:39.639
 But remember,

00:34:40.259 --> 00:34:40.960
 the first place

00:34:40.960 --> 00:34:41.860
 to start is this,

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:42.360
 you've got to

00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:42.860
 know your

00:34:42.860 --> 00:34:44.139
 need of God.

00:34:45.480 --> 00:34:46.199
 Unless you

00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:46.739
 go to God

00:34:46.739 --> 00:34:47.320
 and run to God

00:34:47.320 --> 00:34:47.500
 and say,

00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:48.259
 I can't do

00:34:48.259 --> 00:34:48.659
 this,

00:34:48.920 --> 00:34:49.719
 I can't live

00:34:49.719 --> 00:34:50.280
 like this,

00:34:50.500 --> 00:34:51.719
 I need you.

00:34:53.619 --> 00:34:54.360
 Unless you

00:34:54.360 --> 00:34:55.019
 change me,

00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:55.519
 unless you

00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:56.219
 make me like

00:34:56.219 --> 00:34:56.519
 this,

00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:57.300
 it's never

00:34:57.300 --> 00:34:57.599
 going to

00:34:57.599 --> 00:34:57.900
 happen.

00:34:57.900 --> 00:34:59.019
 that is the

00:34:59.019 --> 00:35:00.599
 beginning of

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:01.200
 that road to

00:35:01.200 --> 00:35:01.820
 that happiness.

00:35:02.660 --> 00:35:03.260
 Unless you

00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:03.920
 begin to see

00:35:03.920 --> 00:35:04.380
 that actually

00:35:04.380 --> 00:35:05.079
 the reason

00:35:05.079 --> 00:35:05.599
 there is that

00:35:05.599 --> 00:35:06.220
 gap between

00:35:06.220 --> 00:35:06.840
 what Jesus

00:35:06.840 --> 00:35:07.700
 calls you to

00:35:07.700 --> 00:35:08.400
 and the way

00:35:08.400 --> 00:35:08.980
 we often live

00:35:08.980 --> 00:35:09.420
 is because

00:35:09.420 --> 00:35:10.019
 of our own

00:35:10.019 --> 00:35:11.300
 sin and you

00:35:11.300 --> 00:35:12.039
 actually mourn

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.700
 over it and

00:35:12.700 --> 00:35:13.099
 you say,

00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:13.800
 God,

00:35:13.940 --> 00:35:15.920
 I know this

00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:16.260
 is the way

00:35:16.260 --> 00:35:17.019
 I need to be

00:35:17.019 --> 00:35:17.320
 living,

00:35:17.800 --> 00:35:18.720
 but I don't.

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:21.539
 And we

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:22.119
 come and we

00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:22.380
 say,

00:35:22.500 --> 00:35:22.680
 God,

00:35:22.760 --> 00:35:23.480
 forgive me.

00:35:24.119 --> 00:35:24.599
 And even if

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:25.119
 we don't feel

00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.480
 like mourning,

00:35:25.559 --> 00:35:25.660
 we say,

00:35:25.700 --> 00:35:25.820
 God,

00:35:25.860 --> 00:35:26.420
 I want to

00:35:26.420 --> 00:35:26.599
 mourn,

00:35:26.680 --> 00:35:27.260
 please help me

00:35:27.260 --> 00:35:27.620
 to mourn

00:35:27.620 --> 00:35:28.060
 over my

00:35:28.060 --> 00:35:28.340
 sin.

00:35:29.520 --> 00:35:30.120
 Then you

00:35:30.120 --> 00:35:30.540
 will know

00:35:30.540 --> 00:35:31.540
 the amazing

00:35:31.540 --> 00:35:32.400
 grace which

00:35:32.400 --> 00:35:32.840
 says you

00:35:32.840 --> 00:35:33.520
 are free,

00:35:33.880 --> 00:35:34.180
 you are

00:35:34.180 --> 00:35:34.640
 forgiven,

00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:35.420
 it's not

00:35:35.420 --> 00:35:36.060
 your effort,

00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:37.060
 it's only

00:35:37.060 --> 00:35:37.860
 my grace.

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.360
 And as he

00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:41.200
 transforms your

00:35:41.200 --> 00:35:41.800
 heart to

00:35:41.800 --> 00:35:42.200
 want to

00:35:42.200 --> 00:35:42.800
 long to

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:43.240
 be like

00:35:43.240 --> 00:35:43.660
 Jesus,

00:35:44.000 --> 00:35:45.080
 any situation

00:35:45.080 --> 00:35:45.660
 that comes,

00:35:45.780 --> 00:35:46.280
 you can give

00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:46.940
 thanks to him

00:35:46.940 --> 00:35:47.360
 because you

00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:47.680
 know he's

00:35:47.680 --> 00:35:48.440
 changing you

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:49.660
 to be more

00:35:49.660 --> 00:35:50.400
 like himself.

00:35:51.120 --> 00:35:51.740
 Because when

00:35:51.740 --> 00:35:52.740
 Jesus died,

00:35:53.820 --> 00:35:54.800
 he died to

00:35:54.800 --> 00:35:55.400
 bring you

00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:56.280
 into true

00:35:56.280 --> 00:35:56.920
 joy.

00:35:57.260 --> 00:35:58.620
 because he

00:35:58.620 --> 00:35:59.120
 died to

00:35:59.120 --> 00:35:59.640
 bring you

00:35:59.640 --> 00:36:00.640
 into relationship

00:36:00.640 --> 00:36:01.700
 with himself.

00:36:03.100 --> 00:36:03.760
 That's why

00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:04.380
 he died.

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.200
 And the

00:36:06.200 --> 00:36:06.520
 one who

00:36:06.520 --> 00:36:07.540
 chases after

00:36:07.540 --> 00:36:09.040
 a superficial

00:36:09.040 --> 00:36:09.780
 happiness

00:36:09.780 --> 00:36:11.560
 will be

00:36:11.560 --> 00:36:12.340
 left making

00:36:12.340 --> 00:36:13.140
 mud pies

00:36:13.140 --> 00:36:14.340
 in a slum.

00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:16.240
 But my

00:36:16.240 --> 00:36:16.760
 challenge to

00:36:16.760 --> 00:36:17.600
 you is this,

00:36:18.200 --> 00:36:18.880
 don't be

00:36:18.880 --> 00:36:19.540
 satisfied

00:36:19.540 --> 00:36:20.900
 with just

00:36:20.900 --> 00:36:21.560
 dependent,

00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:22.500
 circumstance

00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:23.139
 dependent

00:36:23.139 --> 00:36:23.860
 happiness.

00:36:26.139 --> 00:36:27.039
 But realize

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:27.559
 there is a

00:36:27.559 --> 00:36:28.639
 holiday on

00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:29.099
 the beach

00:36:29.099 --> 00:36:29.539
 that you

00:36:29.539 --> 00:36:29.860
 could be

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:30.659
 enjoying now.

00:36:33.400 --> 00:36:34.000
 Let's just

00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:34.280
 pray.

00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:35.519
 And what I

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:35.840
 want you to

00:36:35.840 --> 00:36:36.280
 do is,

00:36:36.860 --> 00:36:37.239
 I want you

00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:37.460
 to just

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:38.099
 to think

00:36:38.099 --> 00:36:39.000
 for a

00:36:39.000 --> 00:36:39.280
 moment,

00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:42.199
 what is

00:36:42.199 --> 00:36:42.719
 God saying

00:36:42.719 --> 00:36:43.300
 to you

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:45.019
 right now?

00:36:45.719 --> 00:36:46.179
 I'm going

00:36:46.179 --> 00:36:46.460
 to give you

00:36:46.460 --> 00:36:46.900
 just a few

00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:47.420
 seconds just

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:47.679
 to think,

00:36:47.760 --> 00:36:48.199
 what is God

00:36:48.199 --> 00:36:49.079
 saying to you

00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:49.719
 in your

00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:50.259
 own life

00:36:50.259 --> 00:36:50.679
 now?

00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:51.480
 And just

00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:52.119
 cry out to

00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:53.420
 him in

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:53.940
 this moment.

00:36:55.380 --> 00:36:55.900
 Father,

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:56.480
 thank you.

00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:58.659
 Thank you

00:36:58.659 --> 00:36:59.159
 so much

00:36:59.159 --> 00:37:00.239
 that you

00:37:00.239 --> 00:37:00.880
 want our

00:37:00.880 --> 00:37:01.460
 joy.

00:37:02.900 --> 00:37:03.679
 You want

00:37:03.679 --> 00:37:04.119
 us to

00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:04.539
 know

00:37:04.539 --> 00:37:05.860
 satisfying,

00:37:06.400 --> 00:37:07.159
 life-giving

00:37:07.159 --> 00:37:10.480
 joy in

00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:11.259
 this life

00:37:11.259 --> 00:37:12.599
 and in

00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:13.139
 the next,

00:37:13.360 --> 00:37:13.539
 Lord.

00:37:14.219 --> 00:37:14.840
 Thank you

00:37:14.840 --> 00:37:15.360
 that in

00:37:15.360 --> 00:37:15.819
 this life

00:37:15.819 --> 00:37:16.159
 we can

00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:16.480
 have a

00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:17.759
 taste of

00:37:17.759 --> 00:37:18.239
 that kingdom

00:37:18.239 --> 00:37:18.920
 of blessing

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:19.139
 things.

00:37:19.240 --> 00:37:19.460
 We can

00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:19.920
 enjoy the

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:21.039
 starter for

00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:21.480
 the main

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:22.180
 meal later,

00:37:22.340 --> 00:37:22.539
 Lord.

00:37:23.920 --> 00:37:24.360
 And I

00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:24.760
 pray that

00:37:24.760 --> 00:37:25.000
 you would

00:37:25.000 --> 00:37:25.400
 help us

00:37:25.400 --> 00:37:25.780
 not to

00:37:25.780 --> 00:37:26.500
 be satisfied

00:37:26.500 --> 00:37:27.099
 with the

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:27.460
 kind of

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:28.579
 the lives

00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:29.240
 we live,

00:37:30.019 --> 00:37:30.579
 but to

00:37:30.579 --> 00:37:31.340
 thirst for

00:37:31.340 --> 00:37:31.680
 you,

00:37:32.840 --> 00:37:33.559
 to realize

00:37:33.559 --> 00:37:34.320
 that your

00:37:34.320 --> 00:37:35.200
 death and

00:37:35.200 --> 00:37:35.700
 resurrection

00:37:35.700 --> 00:37:36.980
 is the

00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:37.559
 fountain of

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:38.059
 our joy,

00:37:38.860 --> 00:37:39.440
 that your

00:37:39.440 --> 00:37:40.220
 grace is

00:37:40.220 --> 00:37:41.220
 what cleans

00:37:41.220 --> 00:37:42.000
 us and

00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:43.619
 helps us

00:37:43.619 --> 00:37:44.200
 to live

00:37:44.200 --> 00:37:45.079
 freely.

00:37:46.059 --> 00:37:46.639
 Help us

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:47.139
 to chase

00:37:47.139 --> 00:37:47.760
 after you

00:37:47.760 --> 00:37:48.159
 as we've

00:37:48.159 --> 00:37:48.780
 never chased

00:37:48.780 --> 00:37:49.480
 after anything

00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:49.920
 else.

00:37:50.700 --> 00:37:50.980
 Let us

00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:51.320
 not be

00:37:51.320 --> 00:37:51.840
 content with

00:37:51.840 --> 00:37:52.260
 just having

00:37:52.260 --> 00:37:53.060
 more stuff

00:37:53.060 --> 00:37:53.700
 from you.

00:37:54.700 --> 00:37:55.220
 Let us

00:37:55.220 --> 00:37:55.920
 really desire

00:37:55.920 --> 00:37:56.240
 you,

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:56.500
 Lord,

00:37:56.560 --> 00:37:56.960
 I pray.

00:37:58.760 --> 00:37:59.200
 Amen.

00:37:59.200 --> 00:37:59.340
 Amen.

00:38:07.120 --> 00:38:07.560
 Amen.

00:38:07.800 --> 00:38:08.019
 Do I hear

00:38:08.019 --> 00:38:08.740
 amen to that?

00:38:09.140 --> 00:38:09.600
 Not to the

00:38:09.600 --> 00:38:10.260
 crying, but

00:38:10.260 --> 00:38:11.760
 to the

00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:12.220
 amen to the

00:38:12.220 --> 00:38:12.780
 crying, too.

00:38:13.260 --> 00:38:13.640
 Hey, if

00:38:13.640 --> 00:38:14.540
 this is the

00:38:14.540 --> 00:38:15.000
 first time you

00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:15.880
 heard this

00:38:15.880 --> 00:38:16.540
 talk for the

00:38:16.539 --> 00:38:17.159
 first time,

00:38:17.239 --> 00:38:17.920
 and you're

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:18.259
 like, wow,

00:38:18.340 --> 00:38:19.679
 that's me.

00:38:21.139 --> 00:38:21.860
 We would

00:38:21.860 --> 00:38:22.480
 love for you

00:38:22.480 --> 00:38:23.000
 to, we have

00:38:23.000 --> 00:38:23.519
 people up here

00:38:23.519 --> 00:38:23.719
 who would like

00:38:23.719 --> 00:38:24.259
 to pray with

00:38:24.259 --> 00:38:24.739
 you if you

00:38:24.739 --> 00:38:25.219
 want to deal

00:38:25.219 --> 00:38:25.659
 with this in

00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:26.179
 your life.

00:38:26.579 --> 00:38:27.400
 Don't allow

00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:28.019
 this to keep

00:38:28.019 --> 00:38:28.679
 going on without

00:38:28.679 --> 00:38:29.279
 asking the

00:38:29.279 --> 00:38:29.639
 Lord, what

00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:30.139
 does this look

00:38:30.139 --> 00:38:31.079
 like for me?

00:38:31.639 --> 00:38:32.199
 The kids are

00:38:32.199 --> 00:38:32.420
 going to be

00:38:32.420 --> 00:38:32.900
 brought up in

00:38:32.900 --> 00:38:33.420
 a second, so

00:38:33.420 --> 00:38:33.779
 your parents

00:38:33.779 --> 00:38:34.360
 don't need to

00:38:34.360 --> 00:38:34.860
 rush down

00:38:34.860 --> 00:38:35.800
 there, but

00:38:35.800 --> 00:38:36.340
 afterwards,

00:38:36.440 --> 00:38:36.579
 there'll be

00:38:36.579 --> 00:38:37.059
 people up here

00:38:37.059 --> 00:38:37.579
 to pray with

00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:37.900
 you, and

00:38:37.900 --> 00:38:38.279
 we'd like to

00:38:38.279 --> 00:38:38.840
 just continue

00:38:38.840 --> 00:38:39.219
 in that

00:38:39.219 --> 00:38:39.840
 journey as

00:38:39.840 --> 00:38:41.000
 we go as

00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:41.460
 a family.

00:38:42.019 --> 00:38:42.599
 Last week,

00:38:42.740 --> 00:38:43.880
 we had the

00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:44.679
 Kennedy Town

00:38:44.679 --> 00:38:45.159
 share about

00:38:45.159 --> 00:38:45.639
 the outreach

00:38:45.639 --> 00:38:46.280
 they had, and

00:38:46.280 --> 00:38:47.320
 before we all

00:38:47.320 --> 00:38:47.960
 broke down,

00:38:48.019 --> 00:38:48.599
 last Sunday,

00:38:48.720 --> 00:38:49.320
 everything was

00:38:49.320 --> 00:38:49.780
 provided.

00:38:50.360 --> 00:38:51.099
 The money for

00:38:51.099 --> 00:38:52.019
 the, it was

00:38:52.019 --> 00:38:52.639
 amazing.

00:38:55.119 --> 00:38:55.740
 Enough of

00:38:55.740 --> 00:38:56.659
 you, enough of

00:38:56.659 --> 00:38:57.240
 you signed up

00:38:57.240 --> 00:38:57.820
 to help them

00:38:57.820 --> 00:38:58.900
 serve the

00:38:58.900 --> 00:38:59.559
 elderly in our

00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:00.119
 area, so

00:39:00.119 --> 00:39:00.699
 during the

00:39:00.699 --> 00:39:01.340
 holidays, they're

00:39:01.340 --> 00:39:01.639
 going to have

00:39:01.639 --> 00:39:02.699
 two big meals

00:39:02.699 --> 00:39:03.340
 of about 400

00:39:03.340 --> 00:39:03.820
 people that are

00:39:03.820 --> 00:39:04.019
 going to be

00:39:04.019 --> 00:39:04.400
 served, and

00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:05.059
 everybody signed

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:05.639
 up for that.

00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:06.460
 All the money

00:39:06.460 --> 00:39:07.539
 came in, and

00:39:07.539 --> 00:39:08.000
 it was just so

00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:08.900
 humbling to see

00:39:08.900 --> 00:39:10.440
 the family of God

00:39:10.440 --> 00:39:11.099
 come together and

00:39:11.099 --> 00:39:11.699
 see a need and

00:39:11.699 --> 00:39:12.139
 say, okay, we

00:39:12.139 --> 00:39:12.699
 need to fix

00:39:12.699 --> 00:39:13.119
 this, and let's

00:39:13.119 --> 00:39:13.719
 be a part of

00:39:13.719 --> 00:39:15.299
 continuing to

00:39:15.299 --> 00:39:15.900
 fix this, because

00:39:15.900 --> 00:39:16.519
 this isn't just

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:17.920
 a one-off thing, so

00:39:17.920 --> 00:39:18.920
 praise the Lord.

00:39:19.339 --> 00:39:20.619
 Also, as you head

00:39:20.619 --> 00:39:21.460
 out in the back, we

00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:22.099
 put these together

00:39:22.099 --> 00:39:23.319
 for you guys, and

00:39:23.319 --> 00:39:23.739
 they're basically

00:39:23.739 --> 00:39:24.599
 just a red packet,

00:39:24.679 --> 00:39:25.860
 but inside it

00:39:25.860 --> 00:39:26.799
 tells the story of

00:39:26.799 --> 00:39:27.239
 the gospel.

00:39:28.139 --> 00:39:28.739
 And so they're

00:39:28.739 --> 00:39:30.559
 for sale, and

00:39:30.559 --> 00:39:31.339
 just grab a packet

00:39:31.339 --> 00:39:32.519
 of them, put your

00:39:32.519 --> 00:39:33.500
 money for whoever

00:39:33.500 --> 00:39:34.199
 you want to share

00:39:34.199 --> 00:39:34.420
 with.

00:39:34.599 --> 00:39:35.239
 I found these to

00:39:35.239 --> 00:39:36.299
 be great tools.

00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:37.699
 I give them to my

00:39:37.699 --> 00:39:38.579
 bus drivers, I give

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:39.839
 them to the people

00:39:39.839 --> 00:39:40.619
 in taxis, I give

00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:41.079
 them to the people

00:39:41.079 --> 00:39:42.059
 at the restaurant, so

00:39:42.059 --> 00:39:42.519
 these are made

00:39:42.519 --> 00:39:43.840
 available for you in

00:39:43.840 --> 00:39:44.659
 the back, so please

00:39:44.659 --> 00:39:45.440
 grab a couple of

00:39:45.440 --> 00:39:45.719
 those.

00:39:46.239 --> 00:39:47.779
 Also, we are doing

00:39:47.779 --> 00:39:49.019
 our Watermark Israel

00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:49.480
 tour.

00:39:49.860 --> 00:39:50.639
 You've seen it on the

00:39:50.639 --> 00:39:51.659
 screens for about a

00:39:51.659 --> 00:39:53.119
 month now, and so the

00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:53.900
 time is coming up

00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:54.199
 where we're having

00:39:54.199 --> 00:39:54.900
 people sign up.

00:39:54.960 --> 00:39:56.380
 We have about 10

00:39:56.380 --> 00:39:57.840
 more places left, and

00:39:57.840 --> 00:39:58.480
 so we want to open

00:39:58.480 --> 00:39:59.559
 that up to you as a

00:39:59.559 --> 00:40:00.759
 family before we've

00:40:00.759 --> 00:40:01.420
 had other people from

00:40:01.420 --> 00:40:02.159
 other churches wanting

00:40:02.159 --> 00:40:02.900
 to get involved in

00:40:02.900 --> 00:40:03.840
 that, but we want it

00:40:03.840 --> 00:40:04.579
 to be mostly a

00:40:04.579 --> 00:40:05.400
 Watermark thing.

00:40:05.739 --> 00:40:06.739
 So there's a brochure

00:40:06.739 --> 00:40:07.500
 that tells everything

00:40:07.500 --> 00:40:08.019
 about it.

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:08.940
 It's on the back

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:09.739
 table back there.

00:40:10.119 --> 00:40:11.000
 It is a money-back

00:40:11.000 --> 00:40:11.420
 guarantee.

00:40:11.840 --> 00:40:12.539
 Christine and I have

00:40:12.539 --> 00:40:13.860
 done it every two

00:40:13.860 --> 00:40:14.639
 years, so it's our

00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:15.559
 fourth trip with Dr.

00:40:15.639 --> 00:40:16.679
 Hannah, whom you

00:40:16.679 --> 00:40:16.900
 met.

00:40:17.340 --> 00:40:18.920
 If you hate it, at the

00:40:18.920 --> 00:40:20.039
 end of it, I'll give

00:40:20.039 --> 00:40:20.739
 you your money back,

00:40:20.780 --> 00:40:21.019
 okay?

00:40:21.179 --> 00:40:22.099
 So I'm just serious,

00:40:22.219 --> 00:40:23.119
 because it's just such

00:40:23.119 --> 00:40:24.420
 a life-changing event

00:40:24.420 --> 00:40:26.199
 to walk to these places

00:40:26.199 --> 00:40:28.159
 where you heard Jesus

00:40:28.159 --> 00:40:29.440
 say, blessed are the

00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:31.920
 poor in spirit, and you

00:40:31.920 --> 00:40:33.360
 sit right there and you

00:40:33.360 --> 00:40:34.759
 see history around you.

00:40:34.760 --> 00:40:35.660
 So we want to encourage

00:40:35.660 --> 00:40:36.700
 you to pray about being

00:40:36.700 --> 00:40:37.880
 a part of that.

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:39.020
 Also, we don't take

00:40:39.020 --> 00:40:40.160
 offering here.

00:40:40.280 --> 00:40:40.800
 There's little blue

00:40:40.800 --> 00:40:42.140
 envelopes, and we would

00:40:42.140 --> 00:40:43.220
 just ask for you, as you

00:40:43.220 --> 00:40:44.220
 consider what Christ has

00:40:44.220 --> 00:40:46.020
 done in your life, to

00:40:46.020 --> 00:40:47.060
 give proportionally to

00:40:47.060 --> 00:40:48.040
 that, and that makes all

00:40:48.040 --> 00:40:49.320
 of this possible.

00:40:49.860 --> 00:40:50.700
 What a great Sunday.

00:40:50.840 --> 00:40:51.620
 Are you guys happy to be

00:40:51.620 --> 00:40:51.820
 here?

00:40:52.840 --> 00:40:54.240
 I say, Chris, thank you

00:40:54.240 --> 00:40:54.740
 so much.

00:40:55.740 --> 00:40:57.500
 It's so humbling to, one

00:40:57.500 --> 00:40:58.100
 of the things we prayed

00:40:58.100 --> 00:40:58.640
 when we started the

00:40:58.640 --> 00:40:59.400
 church is Christina and

00:40:59.400 --> 00:41:00.220
 I said, we can't do it

00:41:00.220 --> 00:41:00.600
 by ourselves.

00:41:00.680 --> 00:41:02.100
 We need people who have

00:41:02.100 --> 00:41:03.080
 these gifts and talents,

00:41:03.280 --> 00:41:04.640
 and in the two years that

00:41:04.639 --> 00:41:06.219
 we've been here, you've

00:41:06.219 --> 00:41:07.539
 heard from over 13 or

00:41:07.539 --> 00:41:09.079
 14 other people who've

00:41:09.079 --> 00:41:09.639
 come up and brought

00:41:09.639 --> 00:41:11.119
 God's word, and to me

00:41:11.119 --> 00:41:14.059
 that is amazing, because

00:41:14.059 --> 00:41:15.500
 it means if I die tomorrow

00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:17.099
 or something happens, God

00:41:17.099 --> 00:41:18.539
 takes care of his people,

00:41:18.639 --> 00:41:19.619
 and he always does, and

00:41:19.619 --> 00:41:20.440
 we have to trust him in

00:41:20.440 --> 00:41:21.639
 that way, even as we

00:41:21.639 --> 00:41:22.739
 think about planting other

00:41:22.739 --> 00:41:23.159
 churches.

00:41:23.539 --> 00:41:25.259
 So thanks so much, and

00:41:25.259 --> 00:41:26.400
 let me close this in

00:41:26.400 --> 00:41:26.659
 prayer.

00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:28.480
 Father, we thank you for

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:29.039
 this day.

00:41:29.359 --> 00:41:30.359
 I think even as we just

00:41:30.359 --> 00:41:33.019
 sang about humbly coming

00:41:33.019 --> 00:41:33.879
 before you, and what does

00:41:33.880 --> 00:41:36.019
 it mean for us to be

00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:36.660
 beggars?

00:41:37.820 --> 00:41:39.119
 I confess, Lord, that

00:41:39.119 --> 00:41:40.380
 sometimes that's very

00:41:40.380 --> 00:41:42.519
 difficult, because I think

00:41:42.519 --> 00:41:44.380
 of my ability, my gifting,

00:41:44.700 --> 00:41:47.720
 my talent, my education, the

00:41:47.720 --> 00:41:49.460
 experiences in the past, and

00:41:49.460 --> 00:41:50.500
 sometimes it's easy to let

00:41:50.500 --> 00:41:53.420
 those things drive instead of

00:41:53.420 --> 00:41:54.500
 letting prayer drive.

00:41:56.099 --> 00:41:57.099
 And so we come before you, and

00:41:57.099 --> 00:41:57.940
 I know even now there are

00:41:57.940 --> 00:41:59.180
 people here who this is the

00:41:59.180 --> 00:42:00.340
 first time they've even heard a

00:42:00.340 --> 00:42:01.480
 talk like this, and this is the

00:42:01.480 --> 00:42:02.980
 first time they've heard this

00:42:02.980 --> 00:42:05.240
 idea of a relationship versus

00:42:05.240 --> 00:42:05.940
 stuff.

00:42:07.159 --> 00:42:08.139
 And Lord, I pray for those

00:42:08.139 --> 00:42:09.719
 people that they would see you

00:42:09.719 --> 00:42:10.840
 as you truly are, and they

00:42:10.840 --> 00:42:12.920
 would not leave here still

00:42:12.920 --> 00:42:14.300
 having a relationship with

00:42:14.300 --> 00:42:16.920
 stuff, but not the giver of

00:42:16.920 --> 00:42:17.320
 life.

00:42:18.440 --> 00:42:19.820
 And Lord, I pray for the rest

00:42:19.820 --> 00:42:21.039
 of us as we go on our journey

00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:22.440
 this week that we would really

00:42:22.440 --> 00:42:23.960
 ask ourselves hard questions.

00:42:25.300 --> 00:42:28.740
 Do we want the relationship, or

00:42:28.739 --> 00:42:30.000
 do we just want the things?

00:42:31.359 --> 00:42:32.779
 And Lord, if we find out that

00:42:32.779 --> 00:42:33.979
 we've wanted the things more

00:42:33.979 --> 00:42:35.259
 than we wanted you, I pray that

00:42:35.259 --> 00:42:36.859
 we would just repent of that,

00:42:37.879 --> 00:42:39.479
 that we confess that sin and

00:42:39.479 --> 00:42:41.779
 just come before you humbly as

00:42:41.779 --> 00:42:44.199
 the beggars that we are, because

00:42:44.199 --> 00:42:45.419
 your word says that you are

00:42:45.419 --> 00:42:46.719
 merciful and just and

00:42:46.719 --> 00:42:48.939
 compassionate, and you desire to

00:42:48.939 --> 00:42:50.259
 do these good things for your

00:42:50.259 --> 00:42:51.799
 children as we walk with you.

00:42:52.839 --> 00:42:54.219
 And so Lord, we walk with you

00:42:54.219 --> 00:42:56.719
 humbly, knowing that you're good

00:42:56.719 --> 00:42:58.079
 and that you're holy.

00:42:59.519 --> 00:43:00.859
 And Lord, I pray for the rest of

00:43:00.859 --> 00:43:02.779
 this part of Hong Kong as we

00:43:02.779 --> 00:43:03.599
 walk out today.

00:43:03.719 --> 00:43:05.919
 Help us to be different and

00:43:05.919 --> 00:43:07.359
 help us to see your son in our

00:43:07.359 --> 00:43:08.719
 words and our actions and in our

00:43:08.719 --> 00:43:10.039
 families and how we interact with

00:43:10.039 --> 00:43:10.539
 our children.

00:43:11.139 --> 00:43:12.459
 Help the people around us to see

00:43:12.459 --> 00:43:15.079
 those things be different and

00:43:15.079 --> 00:43:16.399
 help them to ask questions of

00:43:16.399 --> 00:43:16.779
 why.

00:43:18.500 --> 00:43:20.239
 Give us the courage to say it's

00:43:20.239 --> 00:43:23.379
 nothing about me because I fail

00:43:23.379 --> 00:43:24.779
 most of the time, but it's about

00:43:24.780 --> 00:43:27.600
 Christ who's changing me moment

00:43:27.600 --> 00:43:29.740
 by moment through his gospel.

00:43:31.200 --> 00:43:32.180
 So Lord, I just thank you for my

00:43:32.180 --> 00:43:34.460
 brothers and sisters here, and we

00:43:34.460 --> 00:43:36.880
 love you and we need you, and we

00:43:36.880 --> 00:43:37.980
 pray these things in your son in

00:43:37.980 --> 00:43:38.880
 Jesus' holy name.

00:43:39.600 --> 00:43:39.880
 Amen.

00:43:40.200 --> 00:43:40.860
 God bless you.

00:43:40.920 --> 00:43:42.140
 Next week we're on the third

00:43:42.140 --> 00:43:43.820
 floor, so we're not up here.

00:43:43.880 --> 00:43:44.600
 We're on the third floor.

00:43:44.860 --> 00:43:46.320
 There's food and drinks and

00:43:46.320 --> 00:43:46.680
 coffee.

00:43:47.260 --> 00:43:48.720
 Please help yourself.

00:43:49.960 --> 00:43:51.019
 Are we up here next week?

00:43:51.500 --> 00:43:52.519
 Oh, we're up here next week.

00:43:52.519 --> 00:43:52.860
 Okay.

00:43:53.659 --> 00:43:54.340
 Sorry about that.

00:43:54.380 --> 00:43:54.759
 We're up here.

00:43:55.340 --> 00:43:55.539
 Okay.

00:43:55.539 --> 00:43:55.860
 Okay.

00:43:55.940 --> 00:43:56.480
 Okay.

00:43:56.480 --> 00:43:56.940
 Bye.

00:43:56.940 --> 00:43:57.059
 Bye.

00:43:57.219 --> 00:43:57.440
 Bye.

00:43:57.440 --> 00:43:58.239
 Bye.

00:43:58.239 --> 00:43:59.380
 top 3- Хотol

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 Transcription see you somewhere

00:44:01.480 --> 00:44:02.239
 later on tecnpey.

00:44:02.440 --> 00:44:04.139
 St guzm uhh in Watch in hrs no

00:44:04.519 --> 00:44:05.960
 That's somewhat update on the

00:44:05.960 --> 00:44:06.039
 ways in my mind.

00:44:06.039 --> 00:44:07.480
 Sorry about the altura on the

00:44:07.480 --> 00:44:08.480
 timeline on the summertime.

00:44:08.480 --> 00:44:09.559
 I was like we're we're

00:44:09.559 --> 00:44:10.559
 going to make, okay.

00:44:10.559 --> 00:44:10.619
 Great.

00:44:10.619 --> 00:44:10.980
 microphone.

00:44:11.119 --> 00:44:11.659
 We're gonna make there

00:44:11.659 --> 00:44:12.659
 attention all the time

00:44:12.659 --> 00:44:13.599
 But I was like, okay.

00:44:13.820 --> 00:44:14.619
 We're gonna make that.

00:44:14.619 --> 00:44:15.800
 Okay.

00:44:15.800 --> 00:44:16.759
 got it.

00:44:17.300 --> 00:44:17.619
 Sorry about that.

00:44:17.639 --> 00:44:18.559
 That butt pc.

00:44:18.559 --> 00:44:18.860
 Ok.

00:44:18.860 --> 00:44:19.699
 Sorry about that.

00:44:19.699 --> 00:44:20.639
 We're up here.